It’s sent out in waves.
First escalation, you just a warning with an “X” that you can close.
Second escalation, you will be the same warning but without the “X”. You can of course just block the element.
Third escalation, you get the “3 videos” message. After this, YouTube no longer serves you videos. You can get around this by logging out and using incognito mode on Firefox. There are other ways too if you go browse some ublock origin communities.
Spend money on server and bandwidth? Yes.
Spend $9 on a reputable domain name rather than a domain name you technically “rent” from an unscrupulous registrar that eventually takes back domains and redirects them to adult websites? Thus leading to them getting sued by Facebook and bringing enough attention to Mail for them to take back the domains? Nah.
The only certainty is that it is going to blow up a Chinese consulate somewhere somehow.
This is the old Giant Bomb and GameSpot archive that Fandom (who bought both sites) wanted to throw away.
Jeff Gertsmann talks about it in episode 57 of his podcast saying he’s relieved Danny saved it and tells a few stories about how people tried to throw it away in the past.
Muesli plus oat milk.
Cheapest way is Trader Joe’s since they sell both relatively cheaply and their oat milk is pretty good. But their muesli is a bit lacking so I prefer Seitenbacher’s muesli (order direct from them). Can toss in some more dried fruits from TJ’s too.
It’s more filling and nutritious than just cornflakes.