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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge (gizmodo.com)

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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

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[-] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Weird. I've been running AdBlock and AdGuard for years and nary an issue with youtube. I just never see ads there.

FWIW it was only when I added a vpn to my mix that I started being made to submit to captchas whenever I do anything like search

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