YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads.::Google is increasing the prices of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscriptions in some regions, right after blocking ad-blockers.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Kinda glad my uBlock Origin is still working.

    This should be illegal, actually in Europe it’s about to be…

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      1 year ago

      what is illegal? Havinadblockcks, cracking down onadblocks or upping the price on the software after ““forcing”” people to move to it.

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        1 year ago

        Anti Ad-Blocking Software would be (and arguably, already are) illegal as not only do ads count as a form of malware, but Anti-AdBlocks run scripts on YOUR machines without your consent, and thus are ALSO malware.

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          1 year ago

          1000% in the TOS that you agreed to when you signed up, or implicitly by continuing to use the site