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yes :) if i like something, i will pay for it. as opposed to giving google 97% of the creator’s ad revenue

@tsukii I don't use adblocker but I use Safing's Portmaster and Vivaldi Browser with built-in ad-and-tracker-blocker enabled plus uBlock Origin - using plus Librewolf as well.

Hope that helps 🥰

If you use adblock, you don't care about creator's point blank

This sounds a lot like not tipping being a bad thing.

Ads and tipping denigrate my daily experience. So I'm not going to suffer either.

Blocking ads is also just more secure as it's a vector for so many exploits.

In conclusion, I don't agree with them at all.

Ive used AdBlock for about 15+ years, at first because YouTube was getting a little overboard with their ads. Now I've kinda became a privacy nut and still use stuff like UBlock Origin but more for stopping weird trackers and cookies that invade my privacy and sell my data

EDIT: I've since learned to allow just ads for certain cites to support others as long as it's for content creators or small business. I also enjoy donating to FOSS creators when I can afford it, which is something we should all consider doing to help support FOSS that doesn't really on our data to pay the bills.

I use ublock origin because the modern web is unbrowsable without it. I also use the Firefox Reader View to get around those pesky newsletter popups.

I have been using adblockers for more than 20 years, probably read a post about it on Slashdot and I think userfriendly.org could have mentioned it.

A site added big blinking ads left, right and top and that pissed me off, I installed AdBlocker on FF and never looked back.

I definitely do. The internet has become almost unusable without one. I wouldn't mind one ad every now and then when reading articles or watching YouTube video's. If that supports the creators without me having to pay, it'd be an okay compromise to me. The problem is how greedy they've become. Many webpages are an ad-ridden hellhole. Watching YouTube in the app interrupts you constantly with ads. And to top it all off they track your every move. Privacy is dead without an adblocker. For a long time I was in camp "watch ads to support creators", but the greed in the ad industry has absolutely destroyed that goodwill many years ago.

@tsukii I don't, because TROMJARO do everything fir me.

I don't use ad blocker while at work, except to block YouTube ads.

I do everything under the sun pretty much. Ublock origin, NoScript, chameleon extensions on Librewolf (and others). I “subscribe” to YouTube channels via rss feeds. Open up the newsboat feed reader from my terminal and an extension called “Alter” redirects me to an invidious instance. NoScript blocks everything pretty much as I just need the url. Then I use yt-dlp with the sponsorblock flag.

I only visit YouTube when I have a bunch of new “subs” that I found through word of mouth (reading blogs, HN, Mastodon, Lemmy, etc). I could just use invidious rss feeds, but if the instance goes down I would have to start all over again. There are other ways of achieving this same effect, but this is how I choose to consume yt now.

I don't, because I know that ads are part of free content "agreement"

i do not use adblock on content creation sites like youtube

its a small effort for what i assume is a small bit of support for the content im watching

i just never had an issue with ads, theyre unobtrusive and i can just do something else while theyre playing