They’re a monopoly. I don’t feel bad blocking ads from a monopolist that monetizes my data whether or not I block their ads.
What are they a monopoly of?
In this case, they are a monopoly because they are the only company that even wants to try and make something as massive as youtube work.
But, regardless: It is fine to not "feel bad" about running an adblocker. Just don't "feel bad" when youtube runs a you-blocker as a result.
Just like "they" were free to harvest personal data unless the user was able to block it, I'm going to freely watch YouTube unless they're able to block me. Of course I'm going to feel bad if they manage to block me and that's going to incentivize me to find a different way of accessing YouTube until there's no paths left and then I'll simply stop using the platform.
So... to punish them for "harvesting" your data you are going to... continue to give them your data.
If Google is a monopoly (it's not), it's only a monopoly because they've cornered the market through previously good service. Now they're using this power to inflict larger and larger amounts of time theft, brainwashing, etc. It is actually good to block this trash and "evil" to profit from it.
If Google is a monopoly (it's not)
The US DOJ doesn’t agree with you, they’re in the midst of suing them for antitrust.
"Time theft" is very questionable and more a topic for society as a whole but...
Okay? Then don't watch youtube. Rather than allow them to engage in "time theft" but calling yourself smart because you don't watch ads.
Also: As has been pointed out repeatedly in this thread, the scale of Youtube (and Twitch) is massive and truly hard to comprehend. The only companies that even have a snowball's chance of running that are Google, Amazon, and MS because they ALSO have giant "cloud" services. And... it is pretty clear none of them really know how to run a site like that (hence why MS just gave up entirely).
They’re a monopoly. I don’t feel bad blocking ads from a monopolist that monetizes my data whether or not I block their ads.
What are they a monopoly of?
In this case, they are a monopoly because they are the only company that even wants to try and make something as massive as youtube work.
But, regardless: It is fine to not "feel bad" about running an adblocker. Just don't "feel bad" when youtube runs a you-blocker as a result.
Just like "they" were free to harvest personal data unless the user was able to block it, I'm going to freely watch YouTube unless they're able to block me. Of course I'm going to feel bad if they manage to block me and that's going to incentivize me to find a different way of accessing YouTube until there's no paths left and then I'll simply stop using the platform.
So... to punish them for "harvesting" your data you are going to... continue to give them your data.
If Google is a monopoly (it's not), it's only a monopoly because they've cornered the market through previously good service. Now they're using this power to inflict larger and larger amounts of time theft, brainwashing, etc. It is actually good to block this trash and "evil" to profit from it.
The US DOJ doesn’t agree with you, they’re in the midst of suing them for antitrust.
"Time theft" is very questionable and more a topic for society as a whole but...
Okay? Then don't watch youtube. Rather than allow them to engage in "time theft" but calling yourself smart because you don't watch ads.
Also: As has been pointed out repeatedly in this thread, the scale of Youtube (and Twitch) is massive and truly hard to comprehend. The only companies that even have a snowball's chance of running that are Google, Amazon, and MS because they ALSO have giant "cloud" services. And... it is pretty clear none of them really know how to run a site like that (hence why MS just gave up entirely).