• schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    Isn’t he the same person who calls adblocking piracy?

    I mean I get that Youtubers have no morals and it’s all about money but that seems excessively hypocritical, even for a Youtube “personality”.

    • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      He’s right that it’s piracy, he doesn’t go on to say piracy is wrong, and neither would I.

      It’s piracy to block ads, and piracy isn’t always wrong, so who cares?

    • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Isn’t he the same person who calls adblocking piracy?

      He’s also got a generally nuanced opinion of piracy, in that it’s justifiable in some situations. If you call it piracy and you’re okay with piracy then it’s not really a contradiction.

      Being willing to talk about it despite working against your interests isn’t always bad depending on context.

      • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        4 months ago

        He directly called it bad because it hurt his revenue stream. He is ok with ad blocking as long as it isn’t being done to him. That’s pretty bold if you ask me. A double standard, quite the opposite of nuance. He equated it with entering a cirque due soleil show without paying a ticket, which is a false equivalence. He thinks that he is entitled to have his ads seen as a price of admittance to watching his videos. No one is entitled to have their ads watched.