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minus-squareLog in | Sign uplinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-24 months agoOh, I consent to the content. Just not to the ads, so I stream the content and my software skips the ads for me automatically. Couldn’t be simpler. Puts me in control over what I do and don’t download onto my computer. I’m not buying anything.
minus-square@Tja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoThe author doesn’t consent to you blocking ads, simple as that. Might consent to skipping. Some. In certain situations. A shop giving you a free sample of cheese doesn’t mean you can fill your pockets with the contents of the cash register.
minus-squareLog in | Sign uplinkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoIt’s my computer, not theirs. Watching a video isn’t the same as taking money, you seem to have a lot of confusion on this point.
Oh, I consent to the content. Just not to the ads, so I stream the content and my software skips the ads for me automatically. Couldn’t be simpler. Puts me in control over what I do and don’t download onto my computer. I’m not buying anything.
The author doesn’t consent to you blocking ads, simple as that. Might consent to skipping. Some. In certain situations.
A shop giving you a free sample of cheese doesn’t mean you can fill your pockets with the contents of the cash register.
It’s my computer, not theirs. Watching a video isn’t the same as taking money, you seem to have a lot of confusion on this point.