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      8 days ago

      Even if you were right (which you aren’t, ads don’t work like that) it would change the fact you’re stealing.

      Does lying to yourself makes you feel less guilty?

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          8 days ago

          Deep down you are kinda guilty already, don’t ya? You know what you are doing is wrong and yelling and strangers makes it easier…

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              8 days ago

              Whatever you need to tell yourself. Thieves don’t get far in life, so reconsider someday.

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                    8 days ago

                    So stealing is defined (in some states) as taking property with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property. So you’re incorrect and commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com might be breaking YouTube’s terms and condition not the law, and it’s not theft.

                    If Google were paying the content creators anything even remotely resembling the kind of income from advertisers the content earns, I might have a shred of sympathy for them losing a tiny bit of advertising revenue if some user watches a video without watching the same three ads they’ve seen ten times already that day.

                    You’re spending a lot of time and effort defending one of the richest corporations in the world. It’s weird.