YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to “suboptimal viewing.”

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    9 months ago

    Oh, do you want my viewing experience to be worse? Well don’t worry, because I’m doing my best so PeerTube has quality content in a weekly basis, while you also have the same content in a monthly basis.

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      1 year ago

      You’re only a customer if you pay them. If you don’t, then you’re the product, and they can’t sell your eyeballs to advertisers if you block their ads.

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        1 year ago

        When it comes to Google, even if you pay them you are still the product, YouTube Premium might stop the ads on YouTube but it doesn’t stop the data collection for other Google products and partners.

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      1 year ago

      How many millions are you paying them? Because unless you’re paying into the business tier or an SLA, you are not their customer.

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    1 year ago

    For iOS users, Firefox Focus still seems unfazed by all of this. Sent a playlist to it from PocketTube today and I didn’t see an ad through several videos, with no delays.

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    1 year ago

    Youtube is already one of the most resource hungry websites in existence for no fucking reason.

    I can watch 1h YouTube on my laptop when its fully charged but 4h streaming anime…

    If a piracy website builds stuff more efficiently than you are the problem.