• 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    well they have to make money somehow, do you think we can live in a ad-free world? I agree ad’s suck but if i can pay a monthly fee to skip ads in youtube or keep using this workaround or that workaround until it gets shutdown, ill just buy the subscription.

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      8 days ago

      If that works for you, I understand. Do what ya gotta do. I would just be really bothered by letting YouTube bully me into paying for their service. Its coercive to make the ads so unbearable that you have to either suffer, buy the subscription, or find a workaround. I’m on team find a workaround, but that’s also bc I have the tech know how to find alternatives.

      If you ever get curious, try out Firefox with the ublock origin extension. Alternatively, you can try privacy focused browsers like duck duck go or librewolf. There are other ad block methods, but more complicated.

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        8 days ago

        I mean, personally, I started signing up for creators pateron where they post the videos Ad-Free and sometimes in podcast form, and i prefer that, but im not going to switch browsers cuz i like syncing my info between my phone and laptop, and i’ve given up on going a libre route, you just loose out on so much.