And global warming was much milder when we had more pirates in the world [1]. Correlation is not causation. In the same period, YouTube's management style and p

And global warming was much milder when we had more pirates in the world [1]. Correlation is not causation. In the same period, YouTube's management style and public-facing attitude have changed dramatically, Google's general attempt at being the "good guys" has pretty much vanished, and beancounting has taken over as the guiding principle in many respects. I have zero reason to believe that had Adblocking not been a thing, there would have been any significant difference in the frequency or intrusiveness of the ads YouTube shows. [1] https://swizec.com/blog/pirates-downfall-causes-global-warming https://swizec.com/blog/pirates-downfall-causes-global-warmi...