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Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf

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Post by jollofricepeas »

elif wrote: post #265

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Yep.

I think it’s because we as humans are extremely selfish creatures…

It’s the same reason that software developers wouldn’t support the guy that built Sublime Text even though they used the app for their jobs and to build personal projects. It was undoubtedly the most popular text editor until Visual Studio Code.

It’s the same reason that the majority of successful startups don’t go back and support the maintainers of the FOSS they used to get rich.

It’s the same reason fans “pirated” their favorite bands music on Kazaa and Limewire without paying for it.

It’s the same reason we won’t ban assault rifles in the US, even though there were more than 400 mass shootings this year because we would prefer to have our guns then save a life.

We may even have an “evil nature” but I’ll leave that to theologians and philosophers to figure out.

Altruism does not come natural to us without obvious direct benefits unfortunately which is why we’ve developed governments, laws and weapons.

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Post by BeFlatXIII »

aidos wrote: post #271
ecshafer wrote: post #269

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because YouTube ads like all ads are annoying. For the couple of times a month I end up watching something on YouTube by luck, why would I care about “creators”. I don’t use Spotify.

If you don’t care about the creators then why watch the content? Sure, the subscription might not make sense to you, but either the content has some value or not. The ads are the value exchange. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like the ads either.

> If you don’t care about the creators then why watch the content?

Because it's there and I can.

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Post by BoppreH »

Mechanical9 wrote: post #305
BoppreH wrote: post #283

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because I already support my favorite creators in other ways. Because I'll still see ads when I use other devices. Because videos have extra ads in the form of sponsor segments. Because ads are a parasite on society. Because their lying and psychological manipulation should be illegal. Because most of this tracking and privacy invasion mania is the ad industry's fault. If there's a new product useful for me that I sh…

This website is also ad-supported.

Do you mean the Y Combinator sponsored posts? My understanding is that they are normal, on-topic posts that are just artificially promoted to the front page. I wouldn't even call that an ad any more than Tinder Boosts are ads.

When those are the worst ads left on the internet, I'll be a happy man.

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Post by thathndude »

sneak wrote: post #149
jjallen wrote: post #122

I just subscribe to YouTube premium to support my favorite application out there. I learn so much from the people who spend hours and hours making videos every month that I am more than happy to pay a measly $13 or whatever it is every month to YouTube.

If you continue to give Google money you'll continue to get things like AMP, Manifest V3, Web "Integrity", and whatever else they think up to track you across the web. They're an ad company. They pay the creators per impression even if you block the ads. Blocking ads harms Google, not the content producers.

Are any of the YouTube clones any good? I know Rumble has a bit of a reputation, but I like that it’s, generally a more hands-off environment.

I agree with OP that the $13 I spend on YouTube is easy money. Would happily spend that amount or more on an alternative.

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Post by quickthrower2 »

BoppreH wrote: post #283
elif wrote: post #265

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Because I already support my favorite creators in other ways. Because I'll still see ads when I use other devices. Because videos have extra ads in the form of sponsor segments. Because ads are a parasite on society. Because their lying and psychological manipulation should be illegal. Because most of this tracking and privacy invasion mania is the ad industry's fault. If there's a new product useful for me that I sh…

But who pays for the medium? Someone needs to. And YT offers an alternative where you can be the customer not the product.
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