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YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button (www.androidpolice.com)
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[–] Johanno@feddit.de 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In Europe we can use ublock and it works just fine. No ads

[–] ours@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google is afraid to overstep in Europe and piss off the EU? Nice.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google is respecting already existing laws in the EU that prevent them from collecting information about your browser without your consent

[–] ours@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Oh yeah, the EU has shown it actually has teeth hitting even the bigger companies where it hurts: fines that aren't just "cost of business" but actually impact their revenue.