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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2883134 (!android@lemdro.id)

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[–] 83 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

Meanwhile, Youtube engineers and uBlock Origin volunteers are in a war of attrition, updating both the website (youtube, to block ublock) and uBlock Origin (the ad blocker, to unblock the ublock blocker) multiple times a day every day

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Yep, it's going to be a constant game of cat-and-mouse from now on. Google isn't going to relent on this.

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

    Oh, of course not. But uBlock Origin and pihole aren't going anywhere. Hell, they'd probably have to get legislation to slow it down, but good luck fighting that battle. Hollywood's war against piracy is a good comparison.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    something something offer a better service than the pirates

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Exactly. We've come a long way from $6/m netflix. I would rather give up youtube than pay them $10/m. I GLADLY paid $1/m to a twitch adblocker the other day. Ill pay, but not fucking $10/m when I can avoid it with some complications for free.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Shoutout to /r/PiHole

    Is that how this works over here?

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