> YouTube, streaming services, etc. provide you a service in exchange for you also allowing ads to be loaded on your computer. Users don't 'allow' anything: Yo

> YouTube, streaming services, etc. provide you a service in exchange for you also allowing ads to be loaded on your computer. Users don't 'allow' anything: YouTube send data, the owner of the receiving device can choose what to do with that data (modulo copyright infringement, hate speech laws, etc.). YouTube's business model is to bet that adspace included alongside videos can be sold for a profit. The price they can charge for that adspace depends on market conditions, which includes factors like the prevalence of adblocking. Blocking ads is not 'stealing', in the same way that using coupons isn't 'stealing'. > YouTube has every right to try to punish this behavior or stop providing their service to you - such as by blocking ads, or even by deleting your account. Obviously. That's why it's never 'your' account; it's owned by them, they can do what they want (modulo copyright infringement, hate speech laws, etc.).