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No one is forcing you to use youtube. I think the situation is more like the opposite, adblockers are trying to gain control of youtube servers in order to obta
by HDThoreaun 3y ago
No one is forcing you to use youtube. I think the situation is more like the opposite, adblockers are trying to gain control of youtube servers in order to obtain the product without paying.
- brnt 3y agoYouTube isn't forced to serve me anything. If they don't want to, sure, they can go ahead. What _is_ served, I will parse however I see fit.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoI mean that's exactly what they're doing here... Refusing to serve the video until the ad is watched.
- brnt 3y agoIf I can parse whatever they serve such that I can skip it, they are evidently not refusing to serve.
- dartharva 3y agoAdblockers run within the browser's space, they don't intrude into any servers by any means whatsoever. Your statement is completely wrong and misguided.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoThe current implementation sends YouTube false information about whether the ad was run. That absolutely intrudes on the server. Really it's no different from telling a cashier you already paid online or something like that.
- brnt 3y agoI guess we're even then, since they do not respect DNT. [Edit] can't reply to below, but since I am not violating any law, I don't see how I need to admit to anything. I'll admit to using my user agent as intended.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoHey I've got no qualms about stealing from youtube. I'm just willing to admit that that's what I'm doing.
- dartharva 3y agoWhat current implementation and what false information? What are you talking about? The article literally says the opposite?
- Indoctus 3y agoEverything is on youtube and alternative sites either die out or don't get anything uploaded onto them. It's effectively a monopoly.