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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'll join you in the downvotes. There's many reasons to hate YouTube. Asking them to pay for video content to everyone for free is a bit silly.

I'm also not saying you shouldn't use alternatives or run an ad-blocker. Those are cool. I just find it funny how someone is saying: "I get some benefit in paying for this service" results in such backlash, lol.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago

I know. I thought we were upvoting respectful debate, not having a popularity contest. But apparently not…