I don't care about blogspam, but a lot of YouTube content clearly costs money to make.
For folks in the ad-enabling chain: Caring about their well-being isn't really reciprocated. Not in a tangible way.
If that ever changes, my psychological hygiene can be up for discussion.
By the time the video is uploaded to Youtube, for the creator is a sunk cost. What most of your Youtube ad view generated money goes to is the hosting on Google’s end, not the creator. It’s a false belief that 99% of Youtube creators will go extinct if you use an ad blocker, because it’s a post pay system.
This is only really true for successful channels not most Youtube content. The ad blocker hurts Google more than YT creators.
Unfortunately “normies footing the bill” means in many cases we’re stuck with engagement optimized drivel instead of actual thoughtful content, which is largely the point of the original post. I’d love a world where this was driven out of existence because people stopped watching ads.
So instead of an ad-blocker, you have an extension that detects ads and immediately closes the tab if there are any?
You could preload all linked pages and have some API to consult.
In a similar vein, I'd like to be able to block any YouTube content that is sponsored. This seems a lot more possible, since Sponsor Block already maintains this info.