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minus-squarenicetriangle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up45·1 year agoAd blocking is not piracy. That’s like saying that muting ads on broadcast TV is piracy. Get the boot out of your mouth.
minus-squareLemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down38·1 year agoYou are very much stealing the right to distribution and revenue for creators as well as YouTube. It’s amazing to see folks still try this tired argument.
minus-squarenicetriangle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-21 year ago You are very much stealing No, no you are not. Words have meanings.
minus-squareLemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down24·1 year agoYes. You don’t believe rights can be stolen?
minus-squarekick_out_the_jams@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 year agoThey can pry the mute button from my cold dead heads.
minus-squareLemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down18·1 year agoIs that a part of the terms of use? Do you honestly believe that would be enforced under US law? Irrelevant then.
minus-squarekick_out_the_jams@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoUsually a remote is standard issue with a TV, most(all?) of them have a mute button.
minus-squareLemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down10·1 year agoIrrelevant.
Ad blocking is not piracy. That’s like saying that muting ads on broadcast TV is piracy. Get the boot out of your mouth.
You are very much stealing the right to distribution and revenue for creators as well as YouTube.
It’s amazing to see folks still try this tired argument.
No, no you are not. Words have meanings.
Yes. You don’t believe rights can be stolen?
They can pry the mute button from my cold dead heads.
Is that a part of the terms of use? Do you honestly believe that would be enforced under US law? Irrelevant then.
Usually a remote is standard issue with a TV, most(all?) of them have a mute button.
Irrelevant.