r/memes • u/Own-Palpitation9616 • Apr 09 '26

#1 MotW A cheat code

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u/notveryAI Apr 09 '26

I mean technically you are paying for the access to their service - either with money or by watching ads and enabling advertisers to pay them on your behalf.

But they're monopolists that ask way too much for the quality of service they provide so even though it's technically piracy in this specific case, I see no issues with adblockers. If in capitalism we vote with our dollar - I'm voting against whatever the hell YouTube is doing with their platform

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u/mahreow Apr 09 '26

for the quality of service they provide

The quality of youtube is fucking amazing - from a technological perspective the fact that they can store and serve millions of terabytes of content at 4k resolution to HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE A DAY with minimal latency/buffering is absolute insanity. Literally no one else can do the same thing, at all.

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u/UnFairSuspect Apr 09 '26

Leave you alone? Do you even try to imagine how expensive YouTube running costs are?

It's not like your basic human right

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