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Youtube adblock blocking (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (39 children)

Youtube's ad policy is abusive, and online ads are not always safe. Regardless of whether adblocking is legal or fair to Youtube, not doing so puts you at greater risk of malware insertion so is a necessary safety precaution.

As YouTube profits from your engagement through more than ads, YouTube still benefits even when you watch videos without ads.

[+] [email protected] -28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (37 children)

Edit: downvoted with 0 counter-arguments. Classic.

Personally, I don't see how YouTube can be abusive. It is their platform and they can do whatever they want with it. It is your choice if you use it or not. If you think the ads are out of control, you can pay for their subscription or use free services.

If content creators are uploading their videos there, it is because YouTube can pay them more than other platforms... Thanks to the ads. So it's not like there aren't other options out there, it's just that YouTube pays content creators more. Free market.

You're getting an endless amount of information backed by amazing engineers that designed a service that never goes down and loads 4K videos at incredible speeds worldwide for millions of users concurrently.... At the price of a few minutes of your life per day. Seems fair. They are not denying you the access to the information. They are using that money to pay content creators fairly so they are incentiviced to create more content that you can enjoy.

YouTube is a high quality service. Why is it bad to give them something back for the high quality service you're receiving? It's not like this is a mediocre click bait article with 50 ads attacking your screen. Plus, you're also giving back to the content creators. If you didn't like the content, you can downvote them or report them to tweak the algorithm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Also an unpopular opinion but I actually don't mind paying for YouTube Premium to avoid the ads. Content creators get a bigger cut from my watching habits and it comes with a music streaming platform.

We are in piracy community though so it makes sense people are against paying for content that once upon a time was completely free.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Totally agree with you, but they need to make an Ad free only subscription. YouTube Premium is more of a package deal (Ad Free/ YT Music/High bitrate).

Spotify used to have a tier called Spotify Unlimited which basically was essentially ad free Spotify with no other premium features. Half the price £5 per month.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

100%

I feel they'd make more money that way too. I'd pay for YT but I don't because I love Spotify, so I feel like I'm paying for something I already have.