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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by talos@lemmy.world to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[-] DarkGamer@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago

This will lead to an increase of ad-blocker-blocker-blocker development.

[-] nodiet@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

They already exist and are quite effective, I wonder whether YouTube is able to detect those too

[-] DarkGamer@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

So you're saying we need an ad-blocker-blocker-blocker-blocker-blocker.

[-] ultraHQ@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Wait really? Is there a recommended extension for this?

[-] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

There is Nanodefender for Firefox. Just be aware that there are different versions of this for Firefox and chome but those will actually track you. The original developer sold their code to people with bad intentions, this is a fork.

[-] dissonant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

yo dawg I heard you like blockers

[-] PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

The adblocking arms race escalates further!

[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It'll happen. I just hope that it will just become semi-diffucult to do it, so that non-technical people give in so Google is happy, then the 0.1% of us can enjoy our adblocked youtube.