[HN Gopher] YouTube: Adblockers violate YouTube's terms of service
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       YouTube: Adblockers violate YouTube's terms of service
        
       Author : behnamoh
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2023-10-09 21:44 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | cebert wrote:
       | See related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37798150
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       | YouTube will be rolling out more aggressive Adblock detection. If
       | you don't like ads and desire to continue using the service, it's
       | time to consider paying for it.
        
         | Kim_Bruning wrote:
         | No. Anything that blocks adblockers does not get my support.
         | The adblocker is there for my own comfort, safety and security.
         | Anyone who asks me to disable it is not my friend.
         | 
         | Virus scanners and adblockers serve a similar purpose these
         | days, they prevent access by malicious actors. If a service
         | asks you to disable the virus scanner, would you do that too?
         | 
         | If they want me to pay for content produced by 3rd parties...
         | sure, if they're distributing that money fairly to those
         | parties why not? But I'd still run an adblocker.
         | 
         | The argument "If you don't like ads and desire to continue
         | using the service, it's time to consider paying for it."
         | doesn't make sense to me. Anytime any service has asked to be
         | paid to avoid ads? Ads got added on later on anyway.
        
         | throwaway67743 wrote:
         | Or use an alternative frontend, or download the videos first?
         | Why would I pay for content that isn't monetised and thus the
         | "creator" (for lack of a better word) gets nothing anyway? I'm
         | not going to fund Google, they already get some from reading my
         | (spam) emails.
        
           | gruez wrote:
           | >Or use an alternative frontend, or download the videos
           | first?
           | 
           | If they're going to roll out anti-adblock code, what makes
           | you think they won't be going after unofficial third party
           | clients?
        
             | Kim_Bruning wrote:
             | Already have been for a long time.
        
         | behnamoh wrote:
         | It's not just about ads though--I use uBlock to "detox" many
         | websites by hiding certain HTML elements.
        
         | mortallywounded wrote:
         | Or, get a better adblocker.
        
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