I have actually tried, yes. And I'm telling you it works like I've told you, Youtubers get paid for monetized views and views are only monetized if there is an ad playing at the beginning, if you use adblock there'll never be ads and thus your clicks will never make the Youtubers money. The only way Youtubers can get paid just by views is if they advertise in the video itself.

Alot of these Youtubers do this stuff full time, so they don't have the time to also work another job at the side, if they had to do this then Youtube content would dwindle fast.

I agree the question was a dumb one BUT

I use ad block. NOT because I am a Scumbag lowlife etc

I use it because many of these ad infested sites cripple my PC rendering the site unusable if its not enabled.

What was wrong with the old fashioned static banner adds ? Even a supercomputer would struggle to render some modern sites.

I agree with him

I block all ads, they are distracting and annoying and can freeze my computer if a shit-ton come on at once.

good on you pach

The point pachter was making was that there wouldnt be any 'professional' reviews because they wouldnt do it for free.

The impact of this he makes it sound catastrophic, but all that would change is that there would still be plenty of reviews, they just wouldnt be done with the motive of financial gain.

I really dont think having movie quality audio and video matters in a review. The cheap equipment hobbyists buy to make videos just for fun are more than good enough, while their quality of reviews are actually better than those who seek targets to make money and skew their content accordingly e.g. the CPM deals.

Once again, its hard to tell whether someone who looks like a hobbyist is actually making moeny from their video or not, but assuming a world where there was no option to make money, PLENTY of good reviewers would still be out there making quality reviews.

I agree 100% with him about the adblock

Basically, "screw your opinion and give me your wallet, bastard, idiot, scumbag"
Fuck this guy, done with him. The community should ban him allow him to go back to being irrelevant.

don´t you have any websites you visit because you like the content they create? Or the personalities involved, don´t you like youtube?

Blocking ads on those sites is fucking piracy. When you go to the cinema you have to pay for the ticket, when you go to a game you pay for ticket, when you order a cab you pay for the drive. And when you get a job you will demand to be paid just like these people will

Maybe a 15 year old like yourself doesn´t know how economy works, but let me tell watching a 10 sec. is not the worst thing in the world.

Edit: Moderated - Starcraft