• schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Isn’t he the same person who calls adblocking piracy?

    I mean I get that Youtubers have no morals and it’s all about money but that seems excessively hypocritical, even for a Youtube “personality”.

    • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      He’s right that it’s piracy, he doesn’t go on to say piracy is wrong, and neither would I.

      It’s piracy to block ads, and piracy isn’t always wrong, so who cares?

    • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Isn’t he the same person who calls adblocking piracy?

      He’s also got a generally nuanced opinion of piracy, in that it’s justifiable in some situations. If you call it piracy and you’re okay with piracy then it’s not really a contradiction.

      Being willing to talk about it despite working against your interests isn’t always bad depending on context.

      • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        He directly called it bad because it hurt his revenue stream. He is ok with ad blocking as long as it isn’t being done to him. That’s pretty bold if you ask me. A double standard, quite the opposite of nuance. He equated it with entering a cirque due soleil show without paying a ticket, which is a false equivalence. He thinks that he is entitled to have his ads seen as a price of admittance to watching his videos. No one is entitled to have their ads watched.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I don’t see any mention of the YouTube adblock trick, so from the vid:

    Copy YouTube URL. Paste it in Bing and search. Scroll passed Bing’s sponsored bullshit and click on the thumbnail for the video you searched. It will then play, still in Bing, with no ads.

    So if you’re on a work or government or w/e computer that doesn’t allow installing adblock extensions, there ya go. No downloads or anything, just YouTube and Bing.

     

    …this is the first time I’ve ever had any interest in using Bing, lol.

    • Jediwan@lemy.lolEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Thanks for sharing? Why is every Lemmy single comment section filled with unrelated iamverysmart comments.

      • potustheplant@feddit.nlEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Even Luke, who I always agreed with the most and seemed the most level-headed has talked about their hiring process and said that, if you don’t have personal projects, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll be considered for a position in LTT.

        Supposedly it’s because that shows a “lack of passion”. Personally, I find that rather toxic. Like, dude, I do this for work and I also have a life. I literally do not have enough time to exercise, take care of my loved ones and also maintain personal projects.

        • xthexder@l.sw0.comEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I don’t see the problem… having side projects will improve your chances at MANY jobs, and even applying for university if they’re related to your field. Even if you have no time at all, if you’re genuinely passionate about technology, I’d expect you to at least have aspirational goals for things on the side. A side project does not have to be finished or maintained to show “passion”.

          The entertainment company doesn’t want to hire boring 9-5 drones just in it for the paycheck. Big surprise. They’re allowed to be selective.