HughJanus

They won't. The vast majority aren't using any kind of ad-blockers in the first place or Google would go out of business.

You have to blame YouTube and the people who click those garbage thumbnails

clickbait is unreasonably effective

I mean yes but also it's not that hard. Google is not trying to give you a great experience, they're trying to drive clicks to ads.

Imagine being so entitled that you think you have a right to others' work for free.

Imagine spending years writing a book for the benefit of others, only to have it downloaded, stripped of it's licensing and given away to others for free and being robbed of compensation for the time you invested.