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It's not 'piracy', but it is theft of a different nature in that you're indirectly reducing the revenue that would have been received by the content creator.

by Daz1 2y ago

ndriscoll 2y ago
Blocking crypto miners reduces revenue too. It's all malware (in fact crypto miners are obviously less malicious) and blocking it shouldn't be given a second thought.
- Daz1 2y ago
  We're talking about ads keep up
  - ndriscoll 2y ago
    Right, and adware/spyware (which are in practice the same thing) is malware, and is objectively more harmful than surreptitious crypto miners. One just wastes energy. The other wastes energy, spies on you, and attempts to use the information it gathers on you to exploit your psychology and turn you into more of a consumer, or in some cases just outright run scams on you. Background crypto miners are a far more honest and direct payment mechanism.
wiseowise 2y ago
It’s a theft because I don’t want to watch 40 seconds of unskippable ads every time I open same video in succession on YouTube or whenever I rewind? Seriously? Provide fair conditions and people won’t pirate.
- redundantly 2y ago
  Rewind too far? Ads. Skip forward too far? More ads. Pause too long and then resume? Even more ads. Watch 30 seconds of ads, then a few minutes of video? Oh wow, more ads! Accidentally leave the YouTube app then reload it? You guessed it, more ads! Turn off your TV while a video is playing then you turn it back on the next day? New ads are instantly loaded up and are playing before the screen turns on all the way. Block channels, creators, or content you dislike in an effort to tailor a video feed to your preferences? Too bad. You’ll still receive content the system knows you dislike because those creators manage to push ads onto their viewers more often. Pay for a YouTube subscription to block ads? That service gets cancelled, and your only option is to sign up for a new service that costs more and includes features you don’t want and won’t use. On top of all that, your viewing habits, likes, dislikes, and a mountain of other private information are collected and sold to random entities. Use Adblock? You're a no-good, dirty, rotten pirate! How dare you steal the food from poor little Google’s mouth?

It's not 'piracy', but it is theft of a different nature in that you're indirectly reducing the revenue that would have been received by the content creator.

by Daz1 2y ago

It's not 'piracy', but it is theft of a different nature in that you're indirectly reducing the revenue that would have been received by the content creator.

ndriscoll 2y ago

Blocking crypto miners reduces revenue too. It's all malware (in fact crypto miners are obviously less malicious) and blocking it shouldn't be given a second thought.

Daz1 2y ago
We're talking about ads keep up
- ndriscoll 2y ago
  Right, and adware/spyware (which are in practice the same thing) is malware, and is objectively more harmful than surreptitious crypto miners. One just wastes energy. The other wastes energy, spies on you, and attempts to use the information it gathers on you to exploit your psychology and turn you into more of a consumer, or in some cases just outright run scams on you. Background crypto miners are a far more honest and direct payment mechanism.

wiseowise 2y ago

It’s a theft because I don’t want to watch 40 seconds of unskippable ads every time I open same video in succession on YouTube or whenever I rewind? Seriously? Provide fair conditions and people won’t pirate.

redundantly 2y ago
Rewind too far? Ads. Skip forward too far? More ads. Pause too long and then resume? Even more ads. Watch 30 seconds of ads, then a few minutes of video? Oh wow, more ads! Accidentally leave the YouTube app then reload it? You guessed it, more ads! Turn off your TV while a video is playing then you turn it back on the next day? New ads are instantly loaded up and are playing before the screen turns on all the way. Block channels, creators, or content you dislike in an effort to tailor a video feed to your preferences? Too bad. You’ll still receive content the system knows you dislike because those creators manage to push ads onto their viewers more often. Pay for a YouTube subscription to block ads? That service gets cancelled, and your only option is to sign up for a new service that costs more and includes features you don’t want and won’t use. On top of all that, your viewing habits, likes, dislikes, and a mountain of other private information are collected and sold to random entities. Use Adblock? You're a no-good, dirty, rotten pirate! How dare you steal the food from poor little Google’s mouth?