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Looking at the uBlock Origin subreddit and reading the struggles people have with Youtube's new anti-adblock measures

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Can’t wait until Google flips them on globally for all users

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pensa@kbin.social
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I do not want my money to go to paying off publishers. I want my money going to support well funded and continuous development of a product that defeats their current business model. I hate being tracked and sold. I want the entire system to die.

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raptir@lemm.ee
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Then you should stop using YouTube.

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pensa@kbin.social
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Nah. People should stop making careers out of tracking and selling peoples information.

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raptir@lemm.ee
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Using YouTube, even with adblock, supports the idea that there is a market for this content and that it can be monetized.

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𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍@lemmy.ml
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that’s wicked, pay for something, just to not pay someone else

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letsgocrazy@lemm.ee
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Advertising is mental pollution. Opening your window to teams of people with PhDs in lying and manipulating you to just say whatever the hell they want.

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nephs@lemmygrad.ml
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No, it’s about voting with you money against a whole way to do business. Long live FOSS, long live adblockers!

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