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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com)

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[–] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't get it, I use a variety of browsers and apps, with or without VPN. I even scrape channel RSS from the same IP and have never seen this.

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[–] rurutheguru@lemmings.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You didn't state if you use an adblock extension, which is what this is all about.

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[–] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 3 points 2 years ago

Using some sort of ad-blocking is default. I haven't seen more than the occasional ad before the filters update for more than a decade and a half.

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