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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge (gizmodo.com)
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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

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[+] -8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

To some extend, yes. But convenience and workflow trumps both.for example, I moved to DuckDuckGo a while back. Not because of privacy, but because Google kept removing customisation options, and it's search results where getting worse and worse.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I mean, no ads on youtube is HELLA more convenient than ads on youtube

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I agree

    I'm using chrome, sponsorblock and adblock+. Google hasn't told me to turn it off yet.

    Maybe it's because I'm in the EU?

    If it starts becoming a problem, I intend to look into writing a pull request to fix the firefox UX issues

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Fair enough! In that case I also wouldn't be pressured to jump ship, in fact the only reason I jumped back to firefox in the first place was because chrome couldnt handle the amount of tabs I had and they started crashing

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