• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8725·
    4 months ago

    Funny, considering in the past he’s gone on big rants about how adblocking is no different from piracy, and is theft.

    But then again, its Linus we’re talking about, its not like he has a particularly big issue with theft anymore.

    • baseless_discourse@mander.xyzEnglish
      13·
      4 months ago

      I think he mentioned that ad-blocking is priacy, but I don’t recall he said piracy is theft or piracy is inheritly unethical.

      He mentioned many time that he pirates stuff, except he would pay for them first.

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      4 months ago

      Do you have a source? I’ve watched his videos for awhile but I don’t remember hearing this take from him.

      • majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.comEnglish
        102·
        4 months ago

        It was on an episode of the WAN show a while back (I don’t know which, I stopped watching a while ago). He said if you’re not paying for the service or watching the Ads, it’s the same as Piracy because your not paying what’s owed.

        • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          Which is incorrect, because Google itself went like 15 years without showing any ads at all to like 5% of their users.

        • futatorius@lemm.eeEnglish
          11·
          4 months ago

          If some hawker comes up to me and pushes a bunch of flowers in my face while I’m out walking, I’m not obligated to pay for smelling them. And if they’re sufficiently aggressive, they’re committing assault.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        102·
        4 months ago

        It was in the streams with Luke. I dont remember the exact ones, I’m sorry. I can say that the last time I saw it was years ago, though, but thats because I stopped watching his content years ago.

        edit

        actually found a clip embedded in another site, i’m shocked.

        https://youtu.be/a-PH2GUy_zM

      • TexMexBazooka@lemm.eeEnglish
        1913·
        4 months ago

        No, because that isn’t Linus’s take.

        I think he’s referencing a stream once upon a time where Linus discussed the arguments around streaming and it’s impact on creators, from a creator’s perspective .

        But because he uttered something in favor of ads on his videos-which is how they got paid-he’s now considered ultra pro invasive ads by the user above, who professes to not actually watching Linus

      • SendMeHappyThings@reddthat.comEnglish
        53·
        4 months ago

        I watched this video before it was taken down. At the start of the YouTube section he says something along the lines of “I think ad block is theft, but you’re going to do it, so I have a responsibility to make sure you do it safely.”

        • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
          106·
          4 months ago

          My ass he cares if you do it safely.

          He’s just trying to pull views from the current controversy. Which I have no problem with, thats what youtubers do. They try to ride every wave and pull viewers from it.

          I just take issue with the smug hypocrisy he exhibits while doing it.

    • Rolivers@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      71·
      4 months ago

      It’s a little bit more nuanced than that. Yes you’re denying ad revenue but it’s not a bad thing.

      • futatorius@lemm.eeEnglish
        22·
        4 months ago

        They are being paid by third parties to shove something in your face that you didn’t come to see in the first place. They’re not entitled to earn a cent from that, regardless of what bait they choose to place in the trap.

        Who elected them and who consented to this manipulative, intrusive arrangement?