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meetingthroweryesterday at 7:51 PM1 replyview on HN

This has happened to me btw. I can only suspect they are "testing" the reception.


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tombertyesterday at 7:58 PM

Ugh.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I have a very strong, borderline-irrational distaste for ads. I hate advertising, I hate having to watch advertisements, I will go out of my way considerably to avoid ads. I have over 400 blu-rays specifically because I wanted to guarantee that I don't have to risk seeing ads in my media.

I liked YouTube Premium because it was an ethical way to avoid ads on YouTube; there's always been adblock but I always felt bad depriving creators of their revenue; most of them (at least at the time) weren't big heartless corporations, they were individuals creating stuff.

If I start seeing ads unless I'm extorted for more money, that might end up being a final straw for me.

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