2 ms·
There is a real test of principles-vs-self interest in topics like this one. YouTube is a free site that offers a free service. They owe the rest of us nothing.
by roenxi 3y ago
There is a real test of principles-vs-self interest in topics like this one. YouTube is a free site that offers a free service. They owe the rest of us nothing. They were never running the site to be a charity for users.
I get people using YouTube. I get people not using YouTube. People getting angry with YouTube for experimenting with their advertising strategy, however, does not flow from honourable principle-based reasoning.
- jjulius 3y agoHonourable? I was watching ads, I was doing what they asked. Then they decided that I get to see no content just because an ad blocker - one that was letting their ads through - was installed. That's not honourable, that's over the line.
- rurp 3y agoDo you feel like the decision makers at Google are acting on honourable principle-based reasoning?
- roenxi 3y agoChoosing principles after assessing the person you're dealing with is also avoiding honourable principle-based reasoning. The thing about principles is they depend on the person, not the Google.