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    15 天前

    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.

    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
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      15 天前

      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.

      • Log in | Sign up@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        15 天前

        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.

        • Tja@programming.devEnglish
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          15 天前

          Again, spoken truly as someone who never paid for bandwidth, storage, compute, power, rent, ac, salaries…