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YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers (www.theverge.com)

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YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers::YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers. In a statement to The Verge, YouTube’s Christopher Lawton says the company has launched a “global effort” to urge people to allow ads on the platform.

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[-] mawkishdave@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I switched my VPN to Moldova and I haven't seen a add, some of these small countries it's not worth it to have ads.

[-] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Ideally we would have an ad blocker that interacts with the ads themselves in background.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

You mean something like AdNauseam?

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