The problem is that neither YouTube, Facebook, Amazon, Google or any other website which has turned into an advertising platform will not stop. * Do you think YT will just turn ads down? * Samsung pull out advertising from already paid for full-price TV? * Twitch (backed by Amazon money) stop overlaying ads on top of real-time streams? * Google's ads will stop showing after every. Damn. Level. Even in some paid games? * Would you also be fine with advertising in your fully paid for VR headset? * What about ads on car dashboard or windshield? What if they show up while you're driving? * Ads in games or programs you've paid full price for?

Would be fine, right??? After all... ads pay for everything, right?

Do you think that any company will throw away additional profit they get in form of advertising money even if literally everyone will turn adblockers off???

Do you think that having music videos interrupted every 5 minutes (!) by ads having nothing in common with my interests WHATSOEVER is normal? At least a minute of ads on a 28 second shitpost video?

Also yeah... YouTube is not working at a loss anymore. They can sustain themselves. Don't forget that ad money are not the only source of revenue for YouTube, Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and any bigcorp ever. Huge chunk but not everything.

P.S. Can't really use adblock if you're on mobile anyway.