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[–] 47 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

It's an assymetric cat-and-mouse game.

YouTube does it for revenue and has to spend money to enhance their anti-adblock system, while there is an army of volunteers online who will gladly defeat these enhancements for free with an impact on a massive scale.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    But YouTube has A LOT of money

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The Internet has A LOT of volunteers

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm thankful for the volunteers but goodwill is not gonna last forever. Especially easy to burnout on goodwill when casual users goes apeshit on devs whenever things don't work. The system is stacked against volunteers.

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