You’re wrong. The tracking code is two pronged: 1 to serve you ads, 2 to track you. By blocking ads while paying for Youtube Premium you block the tracking end as well.

This goes for any site that sells you an ad-free subscription. No ads but you’re still being profiled.

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LexiMax 5 days ago | parent [-]

People who pay for YouTube Premium are already tracked by virtue of the fact that they are a logged in user who has a credit card associated with their account.

Google has to do no legwork here to figure out who you are and what videos you are watching. There is no ambiguity. There should be no reason to not count views from Premium subscribers who don't disable their ad-blocker.

I'm sure Google knows this, and has a good reason for this behavior that they are not telling us. I'm not sure what it could be, other than spite.

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righthand 5 days ago | parent [-]

Yes but I guess the advice is better supported on platforms where your identity is not directly tied.

No reason to ever turn off your ad-blocker even if you do pay and they identify you.

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tantalor 5 days ago | parent [-]

If the point of "ad blocker" is not to "block ads" then maybe it needs rebranding.

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ndriscoll 5 days ago | parent [-]

Right, they are content blockers with a focus on malware (but also annoyances like cookie banners or whatever you'd like via right-click menu). Adware is a subset of what they block. "Web malware blocker" is probably the most concise while reasonably correct characterization.

"People should disable their web malware blockers to support creators" makes the insanity of the proposition as clear as it ought to be. "FBI recommends using a web malware blocker" makes the advice as obvious as it ought to be.

	▲	tantalor 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		That makes a lot of sense.