YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to “suboptimal viewing.”
It can’t be worse than the experience with ads they provide
Oh, do you want my viewing experience to be worse? Well don’t worry, because I’m doing my best so PeerTube has quality content in a weekly basis, while you also have the same content in a monthly basis.
I haven’t been to youtube.com or opened the app in ages. I switched to FreeTube and haven’t looked back. That’ll last until they restrict API access, anyway.
For iOS users, Firefox Focus still seems unfazed by all of this. Sent a playlist to it from PocketTube today and I didn’t see an ad through several videos, with no delays.
I’ve been finding Brave a better solution.
But then you are using Brave, which is not ideal.
The problem with that is that Brave is just a distasteful option for entirely different reasons.
Do they… do they understand that we are the customers?
No, you’re the product. They’re selling your data and viewing time to their customers.
You’re only a customer if you pay them. If you don’t, then you’re the product, and they can’t sell your eyeballs to advertisers if you block their ads.
When it comes to Google, even if you pay them you are still the product, YouTube Premium might stop the ads on YouTube but it doesn’t stop the data collection for other Google products and partners.
How many millions are you paying them? Because unless you’re paying into the business tier or an SLA, you are not their customer.
