Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin - And a Dinosaur
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Recently, YouTube has been ramping up its anti-adblock effort, and I’ve been watching this closely due to personal interest. This blog post is where I write down what I know. Some Background Here’s...

Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin::Recently, YouTube has been ramping up its anti-adblock effort, and I’ve been watching this closely due to personal interest. This blog post is where I write down what I know. Some Background Here’s…

  • @qx128@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54•2 years ago

    YouTube staff underestimate the amount of effort tech savvy people will devote to remove minor annoyances. Ultimately, the core capability of YouTube is to deliver a video from its servers to your browser. Adblock tech will continue to win the cat-and-mouse game in the long run.

    • 4gramsEnglish
      35•2 years ago

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      • @Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13•2 years ago

        Sadly this is what they want. Anyone not giving them money directly through subscription fees or indirectly through advertisers they view as dead weight and want to buck to reduce operating costs. Rather than fix their service model, they prefer to squeeze what ever money they can out of people and dump them for not being profitable enough.

        • r3df0x ✡️✝☪️English
          3•2 years ago

          Louis Rossman showed that Premium is complete garbage because saved videos require an internet connection.

        • 4gramsEnglish
          1•2 years ago

          deleted by creator