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Is there any risk of google escalating to banning accounts for adblocking? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I remember there was a bug (or intended behavior?) of people getting their accounts banned for certain kinds of mundane chat messages in live streams and I'm a little spooked that the same will happen with the recent escalation in the adblocking arms race.

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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would have said no but then Twitter started charging it's users so now I'm pretty sure literally anything is possible

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

    Seems like it would be absolutely cutting off a limb to remedy an ingrown nail. If people have to start shopping around for alternatives it will start eroding their market dominance and user base. I'm really curious what percentage of people have installed ad blockers since they've started trying to clamp down on Youtube.

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

    Way way more than had them before. Lots of people who didn't even know ad blockers were a thing became very aware

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    I remember like the better part of a decade ago my sister was putting on some slop for my nephews and I asked why she didn't have an ad blocker "Can you get in trouble for that?" "Yes. The internet gestapo will immediately kick down your door."

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

    Did that actually go into effect yet? I only remember it being floated as a possibility. When I searched "x price" to find out how much they're charging, the results were a demonstration of how bad of a name "X" is:

    1. Price of US Steel (NYSE: X)
    2. Price of the X coin
    3. Coin
    4. US Steel
    5. XPRIZE, an engineering contest thing partially funded by melon-musk
    6. Tesla Model X
    7. Coin
    8. Coin
    9. XPRIZE
    10. iPhone X

    Anyway, after refining my search, it looks like requiring a paid subscription to post is being piloted in New Zealand and the Philippines.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I love how twitter had one of the best brand names, I mean it's just good in general, but it's also builtup and maxed it, fully SEO'd, everyone knows it, it's short, it's history is long, it's the level 100 legendary pokemon of brand names, but then he replaces it with a level 5 magikarp.

    That's not to mention the SEO ambiguity of X (from your keyboard) or this weird other symbol 𝕏.

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