but let's also consider this from a different angle. Let's assume that we live in a perfect world and we can 100% of the time easily remove dynamic ads from a podcast and it's 100% accurate and perfect.
Is it ethical? Advertisements are put in place to pay for the production of the podcast and its content. Podcasters make the podcast available for free to listeners in exchange for the listener to be subjected to advertising in the content. Is removing dynamic ads stealing?
Mike Kelley
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