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I'll say this every time this comes up: if YouTube wants money for their service, that's fine and their right, but they do not have the right to try to circumve
by squigz 2y ago
I'll say this every time this comes up: if YouTube wants money for their service, that's fine and their right, but they do not have the right to try to circumvent what my browser does. If they don't like that, they can block people who use adblockers. Simple.
- novagameco 2y agoWhy do they not have that right?
- DennisAleynikov 2y agoYeah technically they aren't trying to circumvent anything your browser is doing they are just serving you videos with ads in them instead of videos and ads served separately
- unsui 2y agowhy would they have that right?
- novagameco 2y agoRights must be negated, not affirmed
- atorodius 2y agoI don’t see how that is a logical set of sentenced. You try to circumvent their ads, they try to circumvent your ad blocking.
- judge2020 2y agoThey do have the right to try to circumvent what your browser does. They're not even circumventing it by trying to disable stuff in your browser; they're just changing their delivery mechanism. It's semantics but in reality they're not actually messing with your computer. The alternative is revoking your viewing privileges without having watched an ad for the video you clicked on, which they both morally and legally have the right to do if you decide not to pay for the service you're consuming.
- Freedom2 2y ago> circumvent what my browser does Are in-line ads inside sponsored videos (eg: YouTubers or podcasters advertising Squarespace) now considered circumventing your browser? I'm not entirely sure what YouTube is doing is different than those, at a fundamental level.
- patmcc 2y agoIsn't that what they're doing here? Your browser requests the video stream, it gets one - and that video stream now includes ads baked right in. Doesn't mess with your browser at all.
- dvngnt_ 2y agoexcept in this case the parent company owns the most popular browser chrome and they've modified extensions in a way that adblockers are known to be less effective
- xnx 2y agoAll's fair in attention war.