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I don't want to be inflammatory, really, but i'm actually quite surprised that quite a few people on HN don't "own their box", so to speak (i'm referring to the

I don't want to be inflammatory, really, but i'm actually quite surprised that quite a few people on HN don't "own their box", so to speak (i'm referring to the people who are prepared to waste time staring at a button until it says "skip"). One aspect of this would be doing whatever is necessary to get their box not to do unwanted stuff like playing ads.

pestaa 12y ago
Nowhere I mentioned it was on my box. Looking at a 5-sec portion of an ad is part of the deal when you listen to music on Youtube.
- toothbrush 12y ago
  Not for me it isn't. I'm assuming it's your box which is decoding the ad and playing it to you, hence my remark. On the other hand, if you're referring to listening to Youtube on a friend's box where you have no inclination to mess with things, consider my comment invalid :)