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Do you also read all the ads on websites, and remember them too (because by some definition of "consume", that would be necessary)?

I hope you enjoy being force-fed content, because that's the future you're advocating for.

It's extremely disturbing to see people essentially advocating for the loss of control over their own minds and senses.



You are completely misunderstanding what i'm saying! What i want to say is that if a service requires you to pay to use it, then you have to pay if you want to use it; if a service is free but requires you to see commercials to be used then you have to see them if you want to use it. If a software requires you to pay a one shot payment then you have to pay it once, if another requires you to pay a subscription then you have to pay a recurrent subscription.

I'm just saying that you have to accept the rules or terms of service if you want to use a non-vital private-company owned service otherwise you can simply stop using that service.

You are not compelled to watch YT even if it has a predominant position. And you still have the right to complain (like i do too) about the horrible privacy issues with today's advertisment but that is a completely different topic




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