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Just get youtube premium if you don't want ads. The people you watch deserve to be paid for their work
If you think people are getting paid by youtube then your are wrong. The amount per user is insignificant.
You can spend a $ directly to any creator you like and watch his channel ad free for the rest of your life and they have more money from you than they would get by ads from youtube
Its sad this is being downvoted. Ethically you should pay to use the service either through ads and personal data or subscription and personal data.
I don't do either because I don't like Google and don't care about being Ethical to them. I understand why they would try and stop me and I've come to terms with the fact that I will have to give up youtube in the next decade.
I don't get it why is ethical when the options includes "... AND personal data".
If you sign into YouTube with a Google account you've opted into your watch history being linked to your online profile. That's not unethical.
@Fizz @Dindonmasker I pay for Youtube Premium.
I still run uBlock Origin on there to cull behind the scenes analytics, and block cross-site cookies from tracking me across the web.