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The argument against it is that by visiting a site you are initiating an exchange as determined by the site operator. In the case of YT, you are watching a vide
by idle_zealot 3y ago
The argument against it is that by visiting a site you are initiating an exchange as determined by the site operator. In the case of YT, you are watching a video you want to, and must in return watch ads or pay for a premium subscription. The technical details, according to this argument, are invisible to most people and therefore irrelevant. This is, of course, a stance that only makes sense to someone without a real sense of ownership over their computing devices, i.e. to someone who views computers as appliances that are used to consume services.
- iopq 3y agoI didn't sign a contract, so any exchange youtube perceives from my visit is their own hallucination because I didn't agree to their terms.
- raizer88 3y agoPretty sure today you can't visit YouTube without accepting a ToS.
- iopq 3y agoOr else what? I didn't accept anything when I went to youtube.com Can you force me to keep to an agreement I didn't agree to?
- DEADMINCE 3y agoSure you can; I do it every day.
- p_l 3y agoIf the page content included the content that was supposed to be behind paywall, but you didn't agree to any ToS because you never had seen the paywall, how far in the forest does the pained cry of IP lawyer carry?
- mvdtnz 3y agoOf course you can.