> Hacker News has a really juvenile attitude to DRM.
The door is that way.
Anyway. Sure, no one has right to YouTube, but they can't have their cake and eat it too. I think the EU trend is pretty clear: no tracking to make money off our citizens. If you want to sell them a service, go ahead and just name your price. Actually compete instead of giving away stuff for free to undermine competition and then getting the money back by peddling the eyeballs in the back alleys.
> No one has the right to YouTube (or free media for that matter).
This is self-evident and we have Terms of Service for exactly this reason. What I think we're debating is what's reasonable reach for Terms of Service to have? Can we violate it by muting ads? Why not? Why is that different in principle than an Adblocker?
The door is that way.
Anyway. Sure, no one has right to YouTube, but they can't have their cake and eat it too. I think the EU trend is pretty clear: no tracking to make money off our citizens. If you want to sell them a service, go ahead and just name your price. Actually compete instead of giving away stuff for free to undermine competition and then getting the money back by peddling the eyeballs in the back alleys.