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> commit crimes Is this really a crime? The tool does not redistribute copyrighted material for example. It only reshapes video sent to your device, allowing y

• fullarr 3y ago
  YouTube makes money by spying on you and serving you ads So yeah it's theft
  • t0mas88 3y ago
    The fact that someone makes money spying on me doesn't make it illegal for me to take countermeasures. If your business is taking pictures of people on the street and I decide to wear a baseball cap and sunglasses, you're just out of luck.
    • fullarr 3y ago
      This is a weak argument because YouTube isn't a public street it's a private business You aren't forced to use it, it is a choice And this application (FreeTube) is for the sole purpose of circumventing their (YouTube) monetization for the sake of convenience I don't have a dog in the fight and I'm certainly not a fan of YouTube or Google, but you can't argue it's somehow ok just because you dislike ads or lack of privacy on a "free" video streaming website
      • t0mas88 3y ago
        And YouTube as a private business can refuse to serve people using ad blockers or alternative clients. But that doesn't make it illegal to use an ad blocker as the parent post was implying.
  • anonymous_sorry 3y ago
    I'm not sure that's how the law works.
    • fullarr 3y ago
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  • BLKNSLVR 3y ago
    I'm confused as to whether you're for it against the behaviour. I'd say both of those things makes it ok to do whatever you can to avoid them - given that YouTube appears happy enough to serve ads for various obvious scams that wouldn't make it past television advertising standards bodies.
  • eertami 3y ago
    And if advertising doesn't influence you at all, would it still be stealing? I'm just saving them the bandwidth.