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YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

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990 points smitop | 1 comments | 20 Jun 25 17:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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pier25 ◴[21 Jun 25 00:53 UTC] No.44333561[source]▶
I'm more than happy to pay for Youtube Premium to remove ads for all the family and ensure content creators can monetize their work.
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vjulian ◴[21 Jun 25 01:11 UTC] No.44333662[source]▶
I find it hard to discern whether your post is sarcasm. Assuming it’s not, I’m surprised that someone is so cheerfully and voluntarily paying an extra fiat to the virtual landowner.
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yugioh3 ◴[21 Jun 25 01:26 UTC] No.44333740[source]▶
Have you ever made a video before? It's actually quite a lot of work, especially if it's any good. Hours upon hours of time.
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1. trinix912 ◴[21 Jun 25 15:21 UTC] No.44338244[source]▶
Think of it like you're a street musician. You put a basket on the floor, play your music, people go by, some might pay you, most won't.

Is it wasted time? That's up to you to decide, then choose whether you want to keep doing that or not.

If you want to charge for it directly, then sell tickets for a concert (put videos on Patreon).