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YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround (www.tomsguide.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean, Firefox + uBlock Origin + SponsorBlock makes YouTube usable without giving Google more money

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    To my knowledge, sponsors do not give money to Google, just to the creator. So SponsorBlock isn't needed.
    But I have to admit that some sponsored segments can be obnoxious as hell, so I can understand why one would use it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    When I'm using sponsorblock, I sometimes just stop watching if I see a long sponsor section, regardless. If the poster has like 20% of their video used to talk about shilling something, then they're probably not someone I trust.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Ah, yes, you're right. If the focus is just on not giving money to Google then SponsorBlock is unnecessary.

    However, I also find most sponsored segments obnoxious as hell so SponsorBlock still helps with making the YouTube experience better in general

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