Not at all the same as mugging people. Better comparison: Free candy. YouTube is a bowl of free candy sitting in a public place with a big "free candy" sign po

Not at all the same as mugging people. Better comparison: Free candy. YouTube is a bowl of free candy sitting in a public place with a big "free candy" sign posted next to it. Each candy has a flyer for some product attached to it. You take the flyer and the candy. You might throw it away later, or not even read it, but you take it. I just pry off the candy and leave the flyer there. If enough people do that, perhaps we will have a future where there is no free candy. Or no flyers. Or really strong glue so you can't pry them off. Or the stuff on the flyer gets printed in tiny letters on the candy itself. We will however not end up with a future where there is no candy, because people still want candy, even if it's not free. Just perhaps not as much.