OT rant: Youtube appears to be ad-free again. Was: Why is youtube-dl blocked

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 9:24 PM Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
> I feel like I owe something to some of those who provide content on Youtube, just like I feel that I owe something to Wikipedia (I give to them at least once every year). Hence, I wouldn't mind watching ads related to a provider's content if this was a substitute for money that would go to fund the provider, but I don't want ads thrust in my face asking me to use money I don't have to buy things I don't need - especially from a site like Youtube that was initially set up to provide this content free of ads or charge.

So your other choice is to avoid YouTube since you don't agree with their model.

I often avoid websites when they practice things I don't like.
Especially when they want you to sign up for an account, or when they
have useless password complexity requirements, or when they want to
use those useless Security Questions. I just close the browser tab and
move on.

Jeff