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You do not have the right to stream video for free from YouTube.com.

That they offer an ad-supported service does not entitle us to an ad-free service.

Limiting playback without ads is not beyond the rights of the information service provider.

I'm not contesting the legitimacy of YT fighting ad blockers. I'm merely pointing out that the claim here is that they are doing so using illegal means (by using what can be legally seen as spyware without the user's consent, which is illegal in the EU, according to the plaintiff).

In other words, the issue is not that YT fights back, it's how they do it.

Maybe it's a lack of technical understanding.

Are you familiar with keggerator systems with usage quotas? ("Free as in beer")

How can a computerized keggerator system (or a bartender) limit a person to a specific number of drafts from the tap? Is that spyware, or what you agree to when you draw from their kegs?

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