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Unpopular opinion, ad blockers are the same as piracy. There's basically an agreement that in return for watching some video for free, you have to 'pay' by wat

Unpopular opinion, ad blockers are the same as piracy. There's basically an agreement that in return for watching some video for free, you have to 'pay' by watching an ad. On YouTube a significant amount of this money even goes to the creator. Not really sure how you can defend your entitlement to free content with no ads, refusing to support the creator and provider, when the ad free version is reasonably priced, and even includes music. To me it sounds like thinking a restaurant is too expensive so you just dine and dash.

teolandon 3y ago
Is getting up and going to pee during an ad break the same as piracy? Do I steal half the content if I close my eyes during the ad? What about muting and switching tabs? Do I pay with my inconvenience if I do it manually? Is this just about the creator getting paid, or about the poor company that's advertising to me as well?
- ApolloFortyNine 3y ago
  >Is this just about the creator getting paid Yea, and I find it hard to understand why YouTube doesn't deserve the money either. The rest of your strawman has nothing to do with what I said.
  - teolandon 3y ago
    That's not what a strawman is. Sure, YouTube deserves the money. They should find a more reliable way than third party advertisements to get the money. Advertisers pay content creators money directly to feature sponsored ad-reads on their video, knowing full well that a lot of people will skip straight through them. If I skip an ad-read, I'm not stealing from the advertiser, even though the advertiser is expecting to get money from me. The advertiser has paid the money to deliver this ad-read to me, but I'm not paying them back. Similarly, YouTube keeps on hosting "free" video content with third party ads, knowing full well that a lot of people will block them. If I block ads, YouTube has paid for the content to be delivered to me, but I'm not paying them back. Both are investments that don't always see return on the individual level. If everyone stops buying sponsored products that appear in ad-reads, advertisers will stop paying for ad-reads. If everyone starts blocking ads, YouTube will find other ways to get compensation for the storage and bandwidth.
    - ApolloFortyNine 3y ago
      >Is getting up and going to pee during an ad break the same as piracy? The strawman, I never said anything about this. In case you didn't know, as long as the ad plays, the creator and YouTube gets paid.
CatWChainsaw 3y ago
I watched a video for free and "paid" for it with that personal data that we were constantly told was the new oil, the stuff that runs modern life, the stuff that countries go to war over. Who's really entitled here? :)

teolandon 3y ago

Is getting up and going to pee during an ad break the same as piracy? Do I steal half the content if I close my eyes during the ad? What about muting and switching tabs? Do I pay with my inconvenience if I do it manually? Is this just about the creator getting paid, or about the poor company that's advertising to me as well?

ApolloFortyNine 3y ago
>Is this just about the creator getting paid Yea, and I find it hard to understand why YouTube doesn't deserve the money either. The rest of your strawman has nothing to do with what I said.
- teolandon 3y ago
  That's not what a strawman is. Sure, YouTube deserves the money. They should find a more reliable way than third party advertisements to get the money. Advertisers pay content creators money directly to feature sponsored ad-reads on their video, knowing full well that a lot of people will skip straight through them. If I skip an ad-read, I'm not stealing from the advertiser, even though the advertiser is expecting to get money from me. The advertiser has paid the money to deliver this ad-read to me, but I'm not paying them back. Similarly, YouTube keeps on hosting "free" video content with third party ads, knowing full well that a lot of people will block them. If I block ads, YouTube has paid for the content to be delivered to me, but I'm not paying them back. Both are investments that don't always see return on the individual level. If everyone stops buying sponsored products that appear in ad-reads, advertisers will stop paying for ad-reads. If everyone starts blocking ads, YouTube will find other ways to get compensation for the storage and bandwidth.
  - ApolloFortyNine 3y ago
    >Is getting up and going to pee during an ad break the same as piracy? The strawman, I never said anything about this. In case you didn't know, as long as the ad plays, the creator and YouTube gets paid.

CatWChainsaw 3y ago

I watched a video for free and "paid" for it with that personal data that we were constantly told was the new oil, the stuff that runs modern life, the stuff that countries go to war over. Who's really entitled here? :)