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Was the headline changed? Because it now reads "YouTube cracking down on third-party apps that block ads". That aside, "punish" is an odd choice of word. Users
by tiltowait 3y ago
Was the headline changed? Because it now reads "YouTube cracking down on third-party apps that block ads".
That aside, "punish" is an odd choice of word. Users aren't "punished"—no fines, no accounts locked, etc. They're simply prevented from viewing the videos. Annoying? Yes. But given a premium, ad-free version exists, it's hard to blame Google.
- sdeframond 3y agoMight be A/B testing on the title ?
- jb1991 3y agoMy guess is the person who submitted it chose a more sensational title to get upvotes.
- dbajaj 3y agoHi! Sorry, I didn't want to just post a link without doing any value-add so I wrote down the title as the summary of what I got from it.
- greenyoda 3y agoThat's specifically against the HN Guidelines, which say: "please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize". https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html If you want to say something more about the article, you can post a comment after you've submitted the article.
- dbajaj 3y agoWow, downvoted for honesty. Good to know that being a bad actor is more rewarding. Nevertheless, I appreciate the link to faq.
- greenyoda 3y agoThe Guidelines also say: "Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." (For the record, I wasn't the one who downvoted you.)
- johnea 3y ago[flagged]
- karmakaze 3y agoOther posts I read said that playing could proceed after a long synthetic delay, which can be considered a small form of punishment.