3 ms·
There's no honor system, you cannot pay for the fruit. Buying Youtube Premium is like installing an "official" ad blocking, you are just chucking money into th
by JetSpiegel 3y ago
There's no honor system, you cannot pay for the fruit.
Buying Youtube Premium is like installing an "official" ad blocking, you are just chucking money into the general Google money pit. You aren't paying for the content, because Google doesn't create it.
Same thing with Spotify, you are just financing Taylor Swift or Joe Rogan.
- huimang 3y agoThere is an honor system, you can pay for the fruit or steal it. On youtube or spotify, you are paying in either subscriptions or watching ads to access the content, of which a % goes to the creators. That's the deal the hosts provide in exchange for hosting content & making other content easily discoverable, etc. That's what's violated by adblockers. It is taking something without paying, which is theft. I am not making a moral judgement on those who use adblockers. But I am tired of the semantic games and pedantry that people pull out to justify theft. Just acknowledge that it's theft and move on!