[joshka]

When asking "why?" for something like this, follow the money. This one is pretty simple:

1. The ad is paid for already by someone.

2. To remove an ad, there needs to be a system to report it (or an automation).

3. To check that system, requires human effort.

4. The human effort to review ads likely costs more than the ad paid to be displayed.

5. The effort to minimize that cost costs more than the revenue lost by displaying bad ads.

6. etc.

Personally I value my time more than the $12/mo it costs to not see ads on YouTube.

[mozman]

With uBlock origin you pay $0 and skip ads.

[joshka]

I'm not unaware of this. It however doesn’t fit all my use cases and hence the price is still worth it.

[paulryanrogers]

With a get away driver you pay $0 and skip the check-out line.

[bjt]

Poor analogy. Since when is an adblocker a crime?

[jwestbury]

It's not a crime, and I use adblockers, but it's not hard to understand that using adblockers on websites which are ad-supported is a self-destructive cycle.

[paulryanrogers]

Since websites depended on ad revenue to deliver the content and services that visitors consume?

[Renaud]

That’s on the level of “you wouldn’t steal a car” type of argument.

[somsak2]

Great, now the creators who's content you enjoy don't get any money to sustain their efforts.

I think letting uBlock stay up as an extension is a brilliant move by Google. It means that the people that use it eventually won't have any content that they actually want to watch, because nobody can make money making it for them.

[pseudo0]

Sending them $5 via Gumroad or Patreon is worth hundreds or thousands of ad views, depending on the creator's RPM. YouTube ad payouts are pretty stingy.

[john_the_writer]

No way most people send cash. Most people won't pay for a netflix subscription, there's no chance they're dropping 5$ for a youtube creator.

[operatingthetan]

Watch any popular live stream on youtube and you'll see random people dropping $1-100 at any given time for their favorite creators. I don't really understand the motivation, but is a real phenomenon.

[bittercynic]

They do if you send them some money.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> Personally I value my time more than the $12/mo it costs to not see ads on YouTube.

I go back and forth on this. On the one hand, yeah, I value my time more than that amount of money. On the other hand, it would mean actively rewarding YouTube for being terrible, including making it a monetary positive for them to leave those kinds of ads up. As incentives go, that seems like a poor choice.

[TaylorAlexander]

I feel the same way. I’d rather be reminded of what YouTube is for most people and let that be a reminder to use other platforms. I’m very happy with nebula for what it is.

[Euphorbium]

I paid for nebula in the first year and it was technically basically unusable. Havent used it since.