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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: 0.21s | 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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bobsmooth ◴[21 Jun 25 01:14 UTC] No.44333677[source]▶
Video hosting is expensive. Making videos is expensive. You're not noble for stealing from Youtube or its creators.
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1. trinix912 ◴[21 Jun 25 15:24 UTC] No.44338269[source]▶
If it's costing YouTube so much, then they can freely switch to showing no videos to non-paying users at all. But they won't do that, because people watching without paying is what got them to where they are.

As for the creators, it's up to them to decide whether they want to publish under these terms and risk having their content viewed without being paid for, or not put it on YouTube.