? I think this is a good thing lol. I am happy women are being protected. I have a sister and a mother and a misogynistic father. We don’t talk to him.

I can’t help but imagine the outrage

Literally only you can prevent that. This is something that affects 50% of the population universally. For some reason you can’t comprehend this being an exception to the rule. Only you can be that change, no one can do that for you. I hope you are able to stop imagining fake outrage one day. It will be a long journey, should you wish to achieve it, but I believe in you.

you gladly feed them your viewing habits to increase their value to their shareholders though 🤷

you aren’t hurting their bottom line by not watching ads. You’re just making a tiny dent into a single line of thousands on some slides on the evp of youtube’s quarterly presentation. No one else notices.

Your data and viewing habits and patterns and all of the device info you leak and broadcast? The wifi signals your phone is always seeing? Oh that bluetooth device that just rode past your apartment while your blocking ads on youtube? Definitely not being seen by them. Apps are spyware these days, and they are spying on everything