I think the worst part is the dev is afraid of taking any action against them because they can just release a video smearing him and it’ll be the end of his reputation.
I think the worst part is the dev is afraid of taking any action against them because they can just release a video smearing him and it’ll be the end of his reputation.
He explained in his podcast that when he said using adblock was piracy he did not mean it was necissarily criminal or immoral.
He means piracy in the sense of:
i.e. if there is an implicit (and sometimes explcit) agreement to watch adverts when you consume a lot of internet content.
He is clearly not anti-piracy as he has made videos explaining how to set up a pi-hole (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBXTnrD_Zs4&t=864s). He just decided an a particular defintion for the word piracy.
How is this related to blocking an ad? It’s the very opposite of reproducing videos, images and sound.
well, I don’t necissarily agree with him but I think he means that: The deal is that you can use the content if you watch adds. If you don’t watch adds you are breaking the deal and therfore the use is unauthorized.