• Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    2 months ago

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

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      122·
      2 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

    • majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.comEnglish
      102·
      2 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·
        2 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·
        2 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.

    • hanabatakeEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      He talks about it in this video (the video this thread is about)

    • SendMeHappyThings@reddthat.comEnglish
      63·
      2 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·
        2 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.

    • TexMexBazooka@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      2 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

        • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          2 months ago

          I really don’t get the hate he got for that take.

          Circumventing the method of payment could be argued as being a form of piracy. From that point of view, adblock is piracy.

          Like them or not, YouTube is not a charity and requires the serving of ads to continue funding the service. You could argue about how they go about it, but it’s a fact they need some sort of income to continue to exist.
          Same goes for YouTubers. They get a percentage of that ad revenue. And they also need some form of income.

          But just because he said so doesn’t mean he doesn’t understand why adblock is used. He didn’t say “don’t use adblock.” He’s shown how to use adblock before and since. He’s also mentioned that buying something from their webshop gives them a lot more money than turning off adblock.

          Saying “watching movies for free is pirating” isn’t the same as saying “you shouldn’t pirate movies”.
          Using adblock isn’t engaging with YouTube on YouTube’s terms.

          • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0·
            2 months ago

            Adblocking isnt piracy, from any point of view.

            Its protection. Protection from sudden loud noises and visual diarrhea. Protection from malware and viruses from random website ads, and protection from Right Wing Extremist Propaganda like PragerU videos detailing how the black man should be grateful for the history of slavery and oppression (which has had a documented, factual effect on driving people into right wing extremist behavior, and the violent rhetoric and actions that inevitably follow)

            As long as all of that exists, Adblocking will never be piracy. Adblocking is, and will be, mandatory protection.

            And if Linus, or anyone else, wants to clutch pearls and cry about adblocking… They can take their complaints to Google/Facebook/Other Ad services, because their lack of moderation and inability to policing content on their services are directly responsible for creating the necessity for adblocking.