• Tja@programming.dev
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    1 day ago

    Even if you were right (which you aren’t, ads don’t work like that) it would change the fact you’re stealing.

    Does lying to yourself makes you feel less guilty?

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        1 day ago

        Deep down you are kinda guilty already, don’t ya? You know what you are doing is wrong and yelling and strangers makes it easier…

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            23 hours ago

            Whatever you need to tell yourself. Thieves don’t get far in life, so reconsider someday.

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                  18 hours ago

                  So stealing is defined (in some states) as taking property with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property. So you’re incorrect and [email protected] might be breaking YouTube’s terms and condition not the law, and it’s not theft.

                  If Google were paying the content creators anything even remotely resembling the kind of income from advertisers the content earns, I might have a shred of sympathy for them losing a tiny bit of advertising revenue if some user watches a video without watching the same three ads they’ve seen ten times already that day.

                  You’re spending a lot of time and effort defending one of the richest corporations in the world. It’s weird.

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                    18 hours ago

                    PS: Has it occurred to you that I’m defending the workers that earn a living on the platform and are hurt by stealing?

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                    18 hours ago

                    Taking things or using resources without paying the expected price. So theft. Tsk Tsk.