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450 points airstrike | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 19:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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anyfoo ◴[14 Oct 24 19:50 UTC] No.41841184[source]▶
What I always don't understand is: So you don't want to pay for online content, but you also want to use an ad blocker. In summary, you don't want the author or creator to get paid?

Personally, I hate ads, so I pay. I have digital subscriptions to the newspapers I read. I have YouTube Premium (because I spend an ungodly amount of time on that site).

But for people who want to do neither... what's your idea?

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1. tmtvl ◴[14 Oct 24 21:48 UTC] No.41842369[source]▶
I'm personally fine with ad blocker blockers. They let me make an informed choice as to whether I want to accept ads with all the bad thing they entail (tracking, potential malware ad/or phishing) in exchange for getting whatever information the website offers. When YouTube Light was still a thing I did subscribe sometimes, but I don't feel as though I get my money's worth out of it with the current pricing so I don't really go there any more.