wow just wow while i can’t say i didn’t see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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    I really don’t think it’s greed. Can’t blame em for trying to win the cat/mouse game of adblocking. I’m sure it’s not the end of the world, and new ways to circumvent this will show up.

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      Can’t blame em for trying to win the cat/mouse game of adblocking.

      IDK; I blame them.

      YouTube has become part of the world’s social infrastructure. In a way, it is the town square.

      Frankly it should be publicly owned.

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        Okay. I can dig a publicly owned YouTube.

        Are you willing to spend your tax dollars hosting flat earth content?

        Far right? Thinly disguised racism?

        It’s ironic: but at least by paying based on what is watched, you give money to those you consume.

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        Well, that’s not in YouTube’s interest, so I don’t know how you can blame them for not being publicly owned.

        If it somehow magically becomes publicly owned, your bills/taxes will reflect that (as they do with TV in many countries, it just gets added to the monthly electricity bill, whether you use it or not).

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      while i agree to some extent it never been that aggressive before, have you heard that dial-er and SMS apps are no longer included in the android open source stock making it bit harder for custom roms maintainers