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.

  • ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    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
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 year ago

      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
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        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.