MaHeJo

Calling this “the worst take you’ve ever seen” is pretty dramatic. Yes, many YouTube ads are garbage and the scam/malware filtering is often terrible. And yes, demonetization sucks for a lot of creators. But none of that changes the basic fact: YouTube built their platform on an ad-supported model. When you block the ads, you remove revenue from both the platform and the creators — even the ones who aren’t demonetized. You can’t take all the content, all the features and all the creators’ work while proudly blocking the only two ways they make money (ads or Premium) and then act shocked when the free version gets worse. If you hate the ads that much, the solution is simple: pay for Premium. That’s not a bad take. That’s reality. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @DelusionPosting This is the worst take I ever seen. Youtube ads are garbage, have zero filtering for scams and malare. And most of the time the revenue doesn't even go to the channel owner (More often than not are demonotized).

You keep repeating that YouTube has “so much money” so they should just be fine with people blocking ads. But that’s exactly how companies stop making money. You stay profitable by protecting your revenue — not by happily giving your product away for free to millions of users. Your suggestion is simply bad business. And YouTube is already “trolling” back exactly as expected: they’re giving ad blocker users a worse experience (slower playback, warnings, restricted features, etc.). That’s not unfair — that’s a company defending its own model. You can’t demand they ignore ad blocking forever just because they’re successful right now. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @Sentient_Atoms @BraveNightly if the could afford to do that, they would’ve, brave have been trolling them all over for years, they are very aware. they don’t only make money from ads so when you say this, it’s ridiculous, they still make money from people that watch videos with ad blockers. so be real.

None of the them. Brave blocks ads on YouTube, Spotify, and practically every other music platform. You get the premium experience without paying for it. Play YouTube Music for free, no ads, on any device. Install it as a PWA and skip the app entirely. Every new app you install increases your attack surface. Brave Playlist also lets you save audio and video for offline playback, no subscription required.

You’re still missing the point completely. Nobody is trying to take away your “right” to have an ad blocker installed. You can keep it forever. What YouTube can do — and already is doing — is remove your right to access their content while you block their ads. Just like many websites lock their entire page if you refuse to accept cookies. It’s not illegal. It’s their platform, their rules. You can support ad blockers all you want. But don’t cry when YouTube eventually says: “If you block our revenue, you don’t get to use our service for free.” That’s not losing a right. That’s facing the consequences of your choice. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @Sentient_Atoms @BraveNightly ads have no bearing on revenue on youtube shorts so it really doesn’t matter. even if it took money from my pocket, i would still support it because the second we lose the right to things like ad blockers, these capitalist companies will never let up

You just called yourself a creator (“i pay because i’m a creator as well as a watcher”). Yet you still aggressively defend ad blockers and say you “don’t care enough to care about money not going to YouTube pockets”. That’s actually wild. You benefit from the platform both as a viewer and as a creator, but you’re happy for other creators (and yourself) to lose revenue because people block ads. Spotify’s model is irrelevant. YouTube chose an ad-supported model. They have every right to make the free version worse when millions refuse to contribute anything. You can’t claim to be a creator while defending the very thing that steals money from creators. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @Sentient_Atoms @BraveNightly youtube do is make the free version worse and worse, all is intentional, people use ad blockers for spotify as well yet they announced so many new features to the free version as well as keeping the ads minimal to optimize usage it’s not an impossible model, it’s intentional

You’re suddenly so concerned about people who “can’t afford” Premium? Then just let the ads run. That’s the free option YouTube offers. You don’t get to demand the entire service, all the videos and all the creators’ work while actively blocking the only other way they make money. I’m not a huge fan of ads either, but I use YouTube so much that Premium actually gives me real value — ad-free experience, YouTube Music, background play, offline downloads and the Family plan. It’s their platform. Their rules. Hate it or love it, but you don’t get to rewrite the terms while still using the service. #YTNotAnHumanRigh

@_MaHeJo @Sentient_Atoms @BraveNightly find a way to maximize my usage since it refuses to find ways to maximize user usage. creators should blame youtube not people using ad blockers because youtube make enough to not have to play 90 second unskippable ads, stop speaking like a kid

You say you pay for Premium, yet you still proudly defend ad blockers and say you “don’t care enough to care about money not going to YouTube pockets”. That’s the contradiction. If you actually pay for Premium, why are you so aggressively defending the people who block ads and take revenue away from the platform and creators? The free version gets worse precisely because of the millions who don’t pay and block the ads. That directly affects the experience for everyone — including the people who do pay. You can’t have it both ways. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @Sentient_Atoms @BraveNightly if you don’t already get my point then you never will, just stop replying cus i’m not going to be coerced to believe that it’s essential to chuck down a product no matter how badly it is actively manufactured, the ads were there throughout time, they kept making it worse, wake up

If you hate the ads that much and refuse to pay for Premium, then the solution is actually pretty simple: Just stop using their service. You don’t get to demand unlimited high-quality content, features and creators’ work while proudly blocking the only two ways they make money (ads or Premium). That’s not a “human right”. That’s entitlement. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @xXtra_rice @DelusionPosting its the fact that they are a scummy platform. I dont mind paying creators directly through patreon. Youtube is just a pathetic ass company.

Let the ads run. Not rocket science. You’re proving my whole point. You want high-quality content, a good experience and everything YouTube offers — but you don’t want to pay with either money or your attention. Then you complain when the free version gets worse. YouTube is a service, not a human right. You’re falling into that entitlement mentality with both feet. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @Sentient_Atoms @BraveNightly whole hashtag thing is killing me, i have maintained the same point all through, if the ads were leisure like spotify, fine but youtube have actively went out of their way to make free watching infeasible so what are people that either can’t afford to pay or don’t want to to do?

I’m not even defending YouTube here. What I’m calling out is the massive hypocrisy: People proudly use ad blockers and Brave to skip every single ad, then turn around and complain that YouTube is “forcing” them to buy Premium or that the free experience is getting worse. You can’t actively take away the platform’s revenue and still expect a high-quality, ad-free service for free. That’s not how any of this works. That’s the leeching mentality I’m pointing at. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @Sentient_Atoms @BraveNightly it’s disgusting defending this shit, like are you this gullible? they made 90 second unskippable ads as if it wasn’t bad enough, they are making the free version unusable so they can get people to pay for premium it’s no longer just about basic ads it’s coercion so yea FUCK THEM

@cammakingminds I would more like it to hit the brakes.

People who get tripped up by the trolley problem are intellectually disabled. Killing 5 people is worse than killing 1 person actually.

You literally just said “i don’t care enough to care about money not going to youtube pockets” and called it “capitalist bullshit”. Now you suddenly claim you subscribe to YouTube Premium “cus i just want to”? Pick one. The point you keep missing: Ad blockers remove revenue from the free ad-supported model. That’s exactly why YouTube makes the free version worse (longer ads, restrictions, warnings). It’s not “coercion”. It’s a company protecting its business model because people like you proudly defend taking the content without contributing. You can’t defend leeching with ad blockers and then act like Premium is just a fun optional extra. The two things are directly connected. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @Sentient_Atoms @BraveNightly ad blocker is free, which was my only point so what does VPN have to do with it? all this is ridiculous cus i subscribe for YT premium cus i just want to but my point is it should be a choice and if YT want to make the app unusable to coerce people into buying it then fuck them

@otokyo__ I'm 42 and I've done all 20 of them. So what now? Do I get a trophy or something for having lived through more obsolete stuff than you? This level of engagement farming is getting embarrassing.

6 for me!! I feel confident nobody Has all 20 How many for you?

You openly admit you don’t care if creators and YouTube get zero revenue from you. You want the entire service, all the videos and all the creators’ work — completely for free. And then you call it “capitalist bullshit” when people point out that’s leeching. Meanwhile Brave isn’t even completely free either. The basic browser is free, but their popular features like full VPN, Leo AI Premium, Search Premium etc. are all paid subscriptions. So you’re happy to leech from YouTube while paying Brave for their premium stuff? Cool logic. Keep that attitude. YouTube is already adding more restrictions the moment they detect ad blockers — and it’s exactly because of people who think like you. Enjoy the worsening experience you’re helping create. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @Sentient_Atoms @BraveNightly i was defending brave, i said brave ad blockers are free i don’t care enough to care about money not going to youtube pockets so miss me with this capitalist bullshit

@MrEwanMorrison I wouldn’t call what Amazon Prime does “ads”. Here in Denmark, they only advertise new shows on their own platform, and the ads are 100 % skippable. I’ve even discovered a funny show because of one.

No, that’s not how it works. YouTube has always been ad-supported. The normal version includes ads — that was the deal from the beginning. I have ME/CFS and often have very little energy, so I watch a lot of YouTube while resting. I share a Premium Family plan with my parents and nephew on the farm. It gives us all ad-free viewing, YouTube Music, background play and offline downloads. Paying for Premium isn’t “making the normal version exclusive for dumbasses”. It’s me actually contributing to the platform and creators I use heavily every day. When millions leech with adblockers, the free version naturally gets worse with longer ads and more interruptions. That’s not punishment — it’s economics. Calling people who pay “dumbass” while demanding everything for free is pure entitlement and cope. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @DelusionPosting That's what really is the definition of premium to the likes of you? Add or do unnecessarily changes to the normal version then maintain the original in the premium. Tf! This makes youtube premium exclusive for dumbass.😂

You’re literally going in circles now. You called paying for Premium “consumer mentality like a CULT” and “intellectually disabled” for standing with mega corporations. Now you’re back to defending that exact same take while claiming you only had a problem with the word “poor”. The irony is thick: your own mentality — demanding unlimited content while refusing to pay or watch ads — is exactly why people call leechers “poor”. Not because they lack money, but because they lack the basic integrity to contribute to the service they use every day. You’re proving the point yourself. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @fatparoon @slushy20954 @DelusionPosting I said it again … calling others poor just because they are not paying exaggerated fees for “premium” & defending for Mega corporations is a consumer mentality cult. Yeah the problem will be worse for intellectually disabled society that can be easily manipulated by them.

YouTube doesn’t offer their videos “for free”. They offer them ad-supported. The deal is clear: watch the ads or pay for Premium. Ad blockers may be legal, and the FBI recommends them against malicious scam ads — but that doesn’t give you the right to block YouTube’s own revenue-generating ads. When YouTube detects an ad blocker, they are already doing this: -Showing big warning pop-ups -Slowing down or “fake buffering” the video -Disabling comments and video descriptions -Limiting how many videos you can watch before they block playback completely It’s only a matter of time before it gets even stricter. Blocking the ads while still demanding the full service is leeching — no matter how you try to justify it with “it’s not illegal”. #YTNotAnHumanRight

it's not illegal to block ads, ads don't have a right to be on my screen

YouTube has never been completely free. It launched in 2005 and was mostly ad-free the first year. Light ads started in 2006, but the real aggressive pre-rolls and in-video ads came after Google bought YouTube in late 2006 and began monetizing it properly from 2007–2008. Google chose the ad-supported model so anyone could watch. The deal is simple: watch the ads or pay for Premium. It is 100 % Google’s right to make ads more aggressive — they need the money to run the platform and pay creators. In 2025 alone YouTube made over $60 billion in revenue, but when millions block the ads, the only options left are higher Premium prices or longer/harder ads. Blocking the ads while demanding the whole service isn’t “how it used to be”. It’s just leeching. The rest of us end up paying the price. #YTNotAnHumanRight

Please tell me you're joking. You cannot be this dense and stupid, lol. YouTube has always been free. Did you know you can watch any YouTube video for free without a subscription? Is that new to you? Answer this. If all other streaming services require you to subscribe before you can watch any of their content, why doesn't YouTube do the same? You can literally start a free account and upload videos to YouTube. Try it sometime, you might learn something.

You’re backtracking hard now. You originally called paying for Premium “consumer mentality like a CULT” and “intellectually disabled” for standing with mega corporations. Now you suddenly claim you only said “not normal” to the guy who called others poor? Either way, you still defend using YouTube 100 % for free while refusing ads or payment. That’s still leeching. The mental gymnastics to justify demanding unlimited content without contributing anything is actually impressive. #YTNotAnHumanRight

@_MaHeJo @fatparoon @slushy20954 @DelusionPosting call anyone who pays for Premium “not normal”.?? I don’t know how you perceive it but I said “not normal” that dude who called others POOR for not paying YT.