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No, I recommend paying for services you use because the ad-model is pure cancer, and freeloading is unethical. Most people in the ad-block camp want no ads and
by Workaccount2 3y ago
No, I recommend paying for services you use because the ad-model is pure cancer, and freeloading is unethical.
Most people in the ad-block camp want no ads and no subscriptions. But they are then wholly dependent on honest users to keep their choice services alive. There is this intense cognitive dissonance that prevents people from recognizing that.
Use ad-block, I can't stop you, but don't pat yourself on the back like you're the hero of the open internet waging some kind of war. Recognize that you're just dead weight making the situation even worse. Its either pay directly or pay through ad views. That's it.
- toastercat 3y agoMy point is you can name-call adblock users as "freeloaders", "pirates", "entitled", but this idea has to be consistent and apply to adblock users on sites other than YouTube. If you have adblock turned on, whether it's an extension or built into your browser, you are undoubtedly one of these freeloaders as well. The only "honest" users as you put it are those with ad and tracker blocking completely disabled when they browse the internet.