The thumbs downs on Yuki's responses are baffling. It is a privacy filter, improving privacy. There is a strong para-social relationship with many younger internet users, so maybe people really do feel strongly about affecting their favorite youtube star's view count? Or it could be youtube creators who are worried. I can't think of any other reasons a user would be on the side of youtube here.

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philipallstar 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Picking sides is silly. Just don't use YouTube, or pay for it with money or ad time and data.

	▲	zelphirkalt 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think, if that was YouTube's goal, they should close their platform tomorrow, and put everything behind a paid login. That would be the honest move. Instead they are trying to sneakily profit from viewers, by sneaking in ads in whatever way possible. They are employing dark pattern after pattern and are extorting "consent". It is entirely reasonable to block their dark patterns and just watch videos without ads. If it bothers them, go ahead, hide everything behind paid access. See how quickly their monopoly will evaporate then.
	▲	lupusreal 5 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I'll use it and I'll not pay.
	▲	barnabee 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I’d rather actively hurt their business model, thanks

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NewsaHackO 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> There is a strong para-social relationship with many younger internet users, so maybe people really do feel strongly about affecting their favorite youtube star's view count?

100% this. They were even threatening him with facing the ire of social media if he didn't reopen the issue.

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Avamander 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

This actually makes me feel more confident that it's actually blocking tracking and not caving in to vanity needs.