I don’t think my friend with a small growing channel, and the dozens of creators I enjoy are all so rich, but good to know.

Well, it’s the truth. Ad-funded businesses (most creators) guess what, are hurt by blocking ads.

This isn’t reddit, but we also don’t go past the headline/picture here either.

PS: Has it occurred to you that I’m defending the workers that earn a living on the platform and are hurt by stealing?

Lol

The customer pays a price, that if you are a freelancer, it’s your wage. As many content creators do.

50% in fact.

Taking things or using resources without paying the expected price. So theft. Tsk Tsk.

If you steal, it’s not a name, it’s a definition.

Wages are paid by whoever pays them. Customers, owners or coops. Nothing to do with property.

There hasn’t been a moneyless society, so communism would be, if anything. If we’re doing fantasy, I like star wars better.

They don’t, you’re just trying to change the subject to distract from your subconscious telling you you’re wrong.

Whatever you need to tell yourself. Thieves don’t get far in life, so reconsider someday.

Deep down you are kinda guilty already, don’t ya? You know what you are doing is wrong and yelling and strangers makes it easier…

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Even if you were right (which you aren’t, ads don’t work like that) it would change the fact you’re stealing.

Does lying to yourself makes you feel less guilty?

Wages have nothing to do with property.

Advertisers pay Google when your watch ads. Goole pays the creators (and utilities, and rent, and employees, and…). By not watching ads, all those people are not getting paid, hence you are stealing.

Oxygen is not produced by workers. Electricity, bandwidth, storage, security, software, video content are all produced by workers.

For a commie you are quite unaware of the means of production…

Watching ads absolutely does transfer money to YouTube, how do you think Google exists??

It’s astonishing how naive (or obtuse) people can be.

Is using up resources without paying for it. It’s stealing by any definition.