[Run_DOS_Run]

>Pirating YouTube, Spotify and games as well as torrenting seemingly make up 90% of desires of an alt store. I expect this from 14 year olds, it’s frustrating to see it on HN. “I need to not only block all ads on YouTube but all sponsor reads too. They’re sooooo annoying!” Grow up. Content makers need to be reimbursed.

So blocking ads is pirating in your opinion? I'm sorry, but I have better things to do than deal with malvertisment or watch the same old adverts for the latest VPN honeypot or online casino.

The fact that people consider the mere circumvention of advertising as piracy shows very well that the forced propaganda of the content mafia in front of their inferior films serves its purpose...

[musictubes]

Circumvention of payment for media is indeed piracy. The idea that it is noble to do it shows that some people have never grown up. Entertainment is a service, you should pay for what you consume. Entitlement is the word that keeps popping up but it perfectly describes the sentiment that creators or the platform that enables them shouldn’t be compensated for entertaining or educating you.

Don’t want ads on YouTube? Buy Premium. Feeling righteous for doing the equivalent of sneaking in the movie theater is immature at best, bratty at worst. Be better.