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Youtube's Anti-adblock is illegal in the EU (eupolicy.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Also required should be YouTube accepting liability for damage done by malicious ads or hacks injecting malware onto user systems via ad infrastructure.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't the hacker just be liable instead?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Because Google is the one trying to force consumers to raw dog the internet.