[Leaplist] program Kills YouTube ads!

[Kyle Gonzales]

On 8/25/07, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> On Friday 24 August 2007 17:43, Kyle Gonzales wrote:
> > On 8/24/07, patrick <pberry2 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> > > Yeah, and, your point is?
> > >
> > > I don't have to watch 3 minutes of some Infomercial, before every NEWS
> > > flick that lasts 30 to 90 seconds!  I will vote with my feet, and go
> > > where the NEWS is free to me.
> > >
> > > Yep, I switch channels when the ads start.  I don't need to be bombarded
> > > with the crap 24/7.  If I am in the market to purchase something, I do a
> > > thorough investigation of the technology, and go for the best tool or
> > > item at the best pricing.
> >
> > At least you are acknowledging that  you prefer to take something for
> > free that costs other alot of money to produce and deliver to you.
> >
> > My point is that, eventually, if they make too little money from it,
> > it will stop being free, and your feet will have fewer places to go.
>
> I think what will happen is that all content will contain commercial messages
> that are impossible to separate out. Troubleshooters.Com is already like
> that. So are movies, where sponsors pay big bucks to have the actors drink
> their soft drinks and use their computers. With the advent of ad-blocking,
> integrated commercialism will become ever more sophisticated. Let's just hope
> it doesn't become as obnoxious as today's TV ads.

I completely agree.  They will find a way to get their ads and product
placements in, and it will become more and more annoying.  Kind of
like how "Transformers" was less a movie about robots from outer
space, and more a 2 hour GM commercial.

The more that we try to get things for "free" the more that companies
will ensure that either the quality and quantity of "free" content
goes down, or that they will change the game completely on us.

This will lead to a meditation on the difference between open source
and free software at some point (I knew I could get this thread back
in the right direction!)

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Kyle Gonzales
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