First of all, they getting all of our data which they can then sell to advertisers. Secondly even if we pay $15 a month for ad free experience, literally 60% of the remaining content is still sponsored videos or videos with endless self-promotion.
Chrome is also depends on ad revenue and yet Google has not only sanctioned to ad blockers but openly promoted them at times.
The idea that YouTube cannot function because tech-savvy enthusiasts are blocking ads is quite ridiculous.
I quit like 6 months before Elon musk ever even mentioned buying Twitter. This is all pretty hilarious for me. Although I did occasionally poke my head in using a front end open source alternative like fritter or nitter or you don’t need to log in.
But those haven’t been working either because of the latest s***