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  • Seagoon_
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    1 year ago

    looks like I’m blocked from YouTube now

    I’m a patreon member of a few video makers, why should I have to pay again or watch ads 🤨

    • Seagoon_
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      1 year ago

      guess what, I can watch everything I watch from other sources, I can watch tv stations, listen to radio, watch patreon videos . I don’t need YT. bye 👋

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      1 year ago

      Were you using adblockers? That move is greedy and unethical on YouTube’s part, I won’t get myself blocked but neither will I pay them.

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        1 year ago

        of course I use adblockers

        at the same time I pay for patreon subscriptions , why should I pay double, eh

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          1 year ago

          Just remembered using Brave stops the ads. I think I stopped using it for other reasons (Chromium based and I can’t seem to queue or sort out making playlists) but might go back to that because the amount of gambling ads are unbelievable.

          I hope smarter people than me screw YouTube over for this

          Edit: Also if you have Android I think there’s an alternative called Piped? There’s a few but I think I tried to watch something linked through an alternative on iOS and it wouldn’t let me