[CodesInChaos]

Of the three bad things they've been accused of, I'd consider that by far the least. Selling tracking data is an invasion of privacy. Deliberately not showing better discounts violates their core value proposition. Replacing deferral links doesn't hurt the user, and isn't much different from blocking ads.

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As a user that might use referral links to support the youtube channel, I do feel in an indirect way this does hurt the user