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> Why can't you just either (a) follow the ToS, or (b) stop using the service? Am I cheating the system if I go to Oktoberfest and listen to music I didn't pay

> Why can't you just either (a) follow the ToS, or (b) stop using the service? Am I cheating the system if I go to Oktoberfest and listen to music I didn't pay to listen to? Am I cheating the system if I watch an ad and then don't purchase the item being advertised? am I cheating the system if I choose not to pull off the highway and gas up at the gas station that was advertised on the sign right before the off-ramp? All of these things are equivalent, yet big tech has convinced you one is not like the others.

fragmede 3y ago
I think it's more like if your car has screens for windows, and puts a black box over every billboard so you don't see them and don't know there's a gas station. In all the cases you presented, you're still seeing the advertisement. Seeing the Grammerly ad before a YouTube video doesn't create an obligation for you to install the plugin either, what's important to Google is that you saw it in the first place.