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Re: Ask HN: Did YouTube change how it handles uBlock?

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Post by verdverm »

rithdmc wrote: post #10
verdverm wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been paying for years, I can tell you the only ads I see are sponsored and embedded in the video. Off YT content like NFL is not a proxy for the Premium experience, that's not what paying the $14/m is getting you

This was an on-platform ad for NFL, not an off-platform NFL experience delivering ads.

The NFL is an extra package, costs more, and comes with different terms. The NFL is a media / entertainment organization that exerts significant control over their content and the ads around them.

https://tv.youtube.com/learn/nflsundayticket/

NBA is similar, they made their players leave Bluesky because the NBA has deals with other media / social companies. These company's control extends beyond the TV to the players themselves.

Re: Ask HN: Did YouTube change how it handles uBlock?

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Post by angoragoats »

verdverm wrote: post #7

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If YouTube’s servers choose to serve me data, I am free to do whatever I want with that data. That does not equate to stealing in any way.

If Google doesn’t like that, they are free to block me.

I often use patreon, make donations, buy products/merch, etc, to support YouTube creators. Everything I’ve read indicates that this makes them MORE money than me paying for a YouTube subscription would, and I feel better about not financially supporting a monopolistic company.

Re: Ask HN: Did YouTube change how it handles uBlock?

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Post by rithdmc »

verdverm wrote: post #11
rithdmc wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was an on-platform ad for NFL, not an off-platform NFL experience delivering ads.

The NFL is an extra package, costs more, and comes with different terms. The NFL is a media / entertainment organization that exerts significant control over their content and the ads around them. https://tv.youtube.com/learn/nflsundayticket/ NBA is similar, they made their players leave Bluesky because the NBA has deals with other media / social companies. These company's control extends beyond the TV to the players…

They received an ad for the NFL Sunday Ticket, not an ad on it.

Re: Ask HN: Did YouTube change how it handles uBlock?

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Post by Suppafly »

rithdmc wrote: post #14
verdverm wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The NFL is an extra package, costs more, and comes with different terms. The NFL is a media / entertainment organization that exerts significant control over their content and the ads around them. https://tv.youtube.com/learn/nflsundayticket/ NBA is similar, they made their players leave Bluesky because the NBA has deals with other media / social companies. These company's control extends beyond the TV to the players…

They received an ad for the NFL Sunday Ticket, not an ad on it.

>They received an ad for the NFL Sunday Ticket

I don't believe them.

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