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You are taking the file from google. Google has a system in place to gate that file with an ad view(s). You are circumventing that system. It costs google money

You are taking the file from google. Google has a system in place to gate that file with an ad view(s). You are circumventing that system. It costs google money to send you that file. It cost the creators money to generate that file. You are compensating neither and instead talking about how the file is yours once you circumvent compensation for it. Please, you cannot be this dense.

jameslars 3y ago
Actually, I'm asking Google to serve me a file via a GET request. The response they send back includes the content along with an ad. Google would prefer I watch the ad but since the bits are on my computer and Google has no say in how I operate my computer, which bits I read, or how I allocate my time their wishes don't really matter after they've sent me the bits I care about. Google could just say "no" and not send me any content at all. I'm not "taking" anything though.
bheadmaster 3y ago
> Google has a system in place to gate that file with an ad view(s). You are circumventing that system. No, Google has a system in place to serve the video with ads. Google does not, and cannot, control what I do on my computer. Google could control what I can download, e.g. through authorization mechanisms for enforcing subscription, but they don't. They run a web server which serves content for free, and they would like me to play ads on my computer before playing the content. But what they would like is completely irrelevant to the discussion - their wishes aren't moral laws. > Please, you cannot be this dense. Right back at you.
PawgerZ 3y ago
>Google has a system in place to gate that file with an ad view This may be their intention, but, no, they don't gate files with ad views. They allow you to start downlaoding the ad and the file at the same time. I am not circumventing a "system to gate files with ad views" because that is not the system that they have.

jameslars 3y ago

Actually, I'm asking Google to serve me a file via a GET request. The response they send back includes the content along with an ad. Google would prefer I watch the ad but since the bits are on my computer and Google has no say in how I operate my computer, which bits I read, or how I allocate my time their wishes don't really matter after they've sent me the bits I care about. Google could just say "no" and not send me any content at all. I'm not "taking" anything though.

bheadmaster 3y ago

> Google has a system in place to gate that file with an ad view(s). You are circumventing that system. No, Google has a system in place to serve the video with ads. Google does not, and cannot, control what I do on my computer. Google could control what I can download, e.g. through authorization mechanisms for enforcing subscription, but they don't. They run a web server which serves content for free, and they would like me to play ads on my computer before playing the content. But what they would like is completely irrelevant to the discussion - their wishes aren't moral laws. > Please, you cannot be this dense. Right back at you.

PawgerZ 3y ago

>Google has a system in place to gate that file with an ad view This may be their intention, but, no, they don't gate files with ad views. They allow you to start downlaoding the ad and the file at the same time. I am not circumventing a "system to gate files with ad views" because that is not the system that they have.