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YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it
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But... you do not get ads if you have Premium, that's the point.
Counterpoint, it doesn’t make your experience ad free as many YouTubers have sponsored content.
Then why would it fucking matter if you have an adblock on? Google shouldn't give a fuck at that point.
There have been some users reporting they get ads despite being Premium users, especially in regards to Youtube's efforts to bypass adblockers (even if they weren't using one). I always assumed that's because their measures were misidentifying the lack of ads as using an ad blocker, even if that lack was due to using premium.
Just wanted to give an actual explanation. I'm not qualified to actually confirm or deny whether those user reports were factual or made up. But people usually consider them factual because of herd mentality.
You occasionally still get ads, even with premium.
I've had premium for a couple years now, no idea what you're talking about
Same here, been using premium since it was bundled with google music when that was a thing. Aside from the creators sponsors, I never received a single ad as long as I was signed in properly to my account.
Google Music was so good
I had it for more than 5 years before abandoning it. I still got ads. I'd complain and YouTube would tell me it was a rare bug, or my browser, or the phase of the moon. They'd promise it'd never happen again and it still kept happening. I suspect it was a test to see what they could get away with.
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