[nikanj]

The point is that youtube is an ad-funded service, and if you're not watching the ads, Google is losing money on you.

[LinAGKar]

This is about background playback, not adblocking. They can still play ads.

[wazoox]

Bwaaa an evil monopolistic empire won't get our money, that's so sad really. They're racking up tens of billions of money every quarter, we don't. I carefully do my best not to give any money to Microsoft, Google and the likes. They must be dismantled anyway.

[nikanj]

If they are an evil monopolistic empire, why are you upset you can’t use their services? It’s not like watching shorts is a matter of life/death.