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🖕 Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Linus Tech Tips really is scum. Yet more proof of that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

Same person that said ad blocking was the same as piracy.

edit: People downvoting me like I disagreed with him. Just saying how he looks at it. I think it’s a bit of a false dichotomy but they are definitely similar.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

It…is? You’re copying digital content without paying for it. I use uBlock but I don’t pretend to have the moral high ground.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

It's... not? It's protection against malware and profiling by shady companies.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago

It can be both things at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Have you ever heard his full stance on the matter? Because he clearly stated that this is not a judgment against using it. Heck, he's been open about having sailed the high seas himself and still doing so for media he physically owns.

It's just that gaining access to media while circumventing the payment (ads in this case) is basically piracy. Which is fair.

Signed, A uBlock User

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 hours ago

How much you want to bet he uses Ad block himself but it's suddenly different when YOU do it on HIS content?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 hours ago

It is. Taking from a service without paying for it, and actively avoiding the service making money via advertising is basically the same as watching a film without paying for it.

Both ways, you consumed a service and the people providing it got nothing, but it cost them something to create and provide it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

OP isn't exactly giving you the full story there. I know for a fact I've seen a video on this. I remember thinking at the time "well duh".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

It was a matter of time until the public found out about this. They couldn't think in the long term, by not accepting a bit of backlash, exposing the scam they unknowingly participated in they only opened themselves up for more later.

They are not only evil, they are stupid too, which is worse.