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Show HN: Tell YouTube Ads to Fuck Off

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Re: Show HN: Tell YouTube Ads to Fuck Off

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Post by raincole »

gnuj3 wrote: post #49
paulcole wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The ones that are so offensive to Hacker News commenters that they will rail wildly against them, call YouTube’s business practices scummy because of them, and make a new hobby of blocking them rather than pay $14 a month for YouTube Premium.

I havent seen an advertisement on YT in about 20 years. Did none of these people ever heard of uBlock Origin?

Such a snobby comment. Do you really think people on HN don't know uBlock Origin?

People make their own adblockers because YouTube and uBlock Origin have been in an arm race for years. Sometimes uBlock Origin doesn't update fast enough to respond to YouTube's changes.

And this thread isn't even about ad blockers...

Re: Show HN: Tell YouTube Ads to Fuck Off

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Post by thefz »

pastacacioepepe wrote: post #45
sun_har wrote: post #31

Am I the only one that is a little turned off by how everyone feels they deserve everything for free?

Am I the only one that is a little turned off by how everything nice on Earth needs to be monetized to death? It's not like Youtube isn't profitable already.

> Am I the only one that is a little turned off by how everything nice on Earth needs to be monetized to death?

Do you have an idea about how much does it cost to run a website like YouTube?

Re: Show HN: Tell YouTube Ads to Fuck Off

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Post by DrReachAround »

pastacacioepepe wrote: post #45
sun_har wrote: post #31

Am I the only one that is a little turned off by how everyone feels they deserve everything for free?

Am I the only one that is a little turned off by how everything nice on Earth needs to be monetized to death? It's not like Youtube isn't profitable already.

I presume you like to get paid to do your job. I'm a bit miffed at that.

Re: Show HN: Tell YouTube Ads to Fuck Off

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Post by artursapek »

Fnoord wrote: post #10
artursapek wrote: post #2

Pay for YouTube. It’s worth it.

Way too expensive (unless you are able to pay in a currency of a third world country which is what I do). They still do tracking on you. You still get sponsored ads by 'creators', so you'll need Sponsorblock as well. For Android, consider using "NewPipe x SponsorBlock x Return YouTube Dislike" [1] [1] https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

I don’t mind creators having sponsors. I skip past it if I’m not interested. How do you people expect all of this to be free?

Re: Show HN: Tell YouTube Ads to Fuck Off

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Post by vinyl7 »

sun_har wrote: post #31

Am I the only one that is a little turned off by how everyone feels they deserve everything for free?

The tech industry did this to themselves by giving everything away for free for a decade.

I always thought it was suspicious that all these tech companies survived for decades without being profitable. Now that ZIRP is over and they have to actually be profitable, it all makes sense.

Re: Show HN: Tell YouTube Ads to Fuck Off

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Post by artursapek »

Waterluvian wrote: post #50
kirab wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They do, AFAIK creators get much more money from Premium viewers than ad-supported viewers. And not just relatively, sometimes in absolute numbers as well.

That’s the kind of comparison YouTube hopes you do. Compared to patronage systems, it’s a pittance. You may as well try to pay your favourite shows directly rather than give your money to Google and have them redistribute it on your behalf.

Google is providing a service here. I think people have gotten so used to the internet they forget the massive costs involved in running a website like YouTube.

Re: Show HN: Tell YouTube Ads to Fuck Off

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Post by artursapek »

thefz wrote: post #52
sun_har wrote: post #31

Am I the only one that is a little turned off by how everyone feels they deserve everything for free?

No. Youtube is an enormous data pool sitting on an even more enormous CDN, with all free content. Users have the choice to pay up or get served ads.

(Misread sorry)
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