Linus Tech Tips really is scum. Yet more proof of that.
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2024
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Same person that said ad blocking was the same as piracy.
edit: People downvoting me like I disagreed with him. Just saying how he looks at it. I think itβs a bit of a false dichotomy but they are definitely similar.
Have you ever heard his full stance on the matter? Because he clearly stated that this is not a judgment against using it. Heck, he's been open about having sailed the high seas himself and still doing so for media he physically owns.
It's just that gaining access to media while circumventing the payment (ads in this case) is basically piracy. Which is fair.
Signed, A uBlock User
If I hacked a server to get content then I would be circumventing payment at it shouldn't be up to me how it responds to requests, I don't own it. Google trying to enforce playing adverts via software running on my property is an unjust overreach. The user choosing what displays on their own monitor is not "circumvention", it's claiming ownership over your computing. Google could choose to verify on their servers if I've paid (in normal currency) but instead their servers act like adverts are an optional donation.
Everybody: Fuck Peter Thiel, fuck Elon Musk, fuck Honey, Fuck PayPal
Everybody: unflinchingly using PayPal
Deleted my ebay account but very rarely will buy on the site. I've yet to find a UK alternative.
I said it in another post: if you see a bunch of influencers all suddenly peddling the same stuff, stay away. All of them can be bought.
A useful question to ask when hearing about a new company is "What's your business model?"
There is no such thing as a free and benevolent product with an advertising budget.
Wikipedia
Their advertisement budget is collected by guilt tripping Wikipedia users using the lie that the website would cease if they didnβt βdonateβ.