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I know the topic of whether adblock is piracy is debated, but I am guessing there are a lot of adblock users here and I was wondering if anyone has seen the youtube adblock warning message in the wild. I use ublock origin and still haven't seen it once.

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[–] AdventureSpoon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know the topic of whether adblock is piracy is debated

Its not debated. Its bullshit.

flat earthers existing doesnt put the earth's sensual curves up for debate either.

[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's one of Lienus's L takes. People are giving it the benefit of a doubt because he has a huge following.

I started parroting "using a VPN to bypass region block is privateering" in response. LMG taking any VPN sponsorships after that L take is hypocrisy in my book.

[–] nani8ot@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why hyprocisy? It's a fair point to say circumventing paying in some way is piracy. It's possible, so anyone can decide for themselves.

[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc -1 points 1 year ago

The hypocrisy lies in Linus preaching "ad blocking is piracy" while taking VPN sponsors which enables piracy in another way.

Gotta work on that reading comprehension friend.

[–] mayo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

I just received an ad around ublock origin and that's the first time that's happened ever.

Not sure what to do. Either I'll give in and watch/listen to ads, try another block method until it stops working, stop using youtube altogether, or back further away from corporate internet.