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Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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1034 points deryilz | 1 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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labrador ◴[12 Jul 25 19:53 UTC] No.44544639[source]▶
I'd gladly pay for YouTube without ads if I trusted that it would remain ad free, but the track record from various companies on this is not good.
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matheusmoreira ◴[12 Jul 25 20:04 UTC] No.44544706[source]▶
Paying to avoid ads just makes your attention even more valuable to them. Always block them unconditionally and without any payment.

Ads are a violation of the sanctity of our minds. They are not entitled to our attention. It's not currency to pay for services with.

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theoreticalmal ◴[12 Jul 25 20:21 UTC] No.44544829[source]▶
That’s quite a stretch. I loathe ads as much as anyone else here, but I don’t consider being exposed to them as violating the sanctity of my mind (is my mind even sacrosanct, such that it could be violated?) it’s just something I don’t like.

And yes, attention is absolutely a currency that can be used to pay for things. Like any other voluntary transaction, no one is entitled to my attention unless we both voluntarily agree to it.

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1. card_zero ◴[12 Jul 25 20:38 UTC] No.44544971[source]▶
That implies voluntarily paying attention to adverts, as an informal contractual obligation. You aren't allowed on Youtube any more because you haven't been allowing the adverts to influence you enough. You can't look away or think about something else, that's cheating on the deal.