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		vehemenz on May 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable a... I'd argue that non-technical normies that ruined the Internet because they lacked the ethos and the knowhow to push back against ads and just use an adblocker. It's only because of these people that YouTube was ever an ad-supported service in the first place.

pb7 on May 11, 2023 [–]

There wouldn't be a YouTube without "normies" watching ads because people like you won't pay for a subscription. How can you not understand that?

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