🖕 Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

    • Whelks_chance@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 days ago

      It is. Taking from a service without paying for it, and actively avoiding the service making money via advertising is basically the same as watching a film without paying for it.

      Both ways, you consumed a service and the people providing it got nothing, but it cost them something to create and provide it.

    • themakara@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 days ago

      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

      • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        13 days ago

        I trust Linus is being sincere when he says “it’s not a judgement” but blocking ads is being compared to a criminal doing copyright infringement (illegal). The word used is one originally meaning for a person murdering others on boats (immoral), and it’s used because it’s pejorative. It’s unavoidably judgemental.

      • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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        14 days ago

        How much you want to bet he uses Ad block himself but it’s suddenly different when YOU do it on HIS content?

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      14 days ago

      It…is? You’re copying digital content without paying for it. I use uBlock but I don’t pretend to have the moral high ground.