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YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet
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this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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If it wasn't for all these articles, I wouldn't even know that something changed. Firefox + uBlock works the way it used to.
What a manipulation tactic though. Phase in the change at different times for different users.
Maybe one day they'll have the ability to just roll out the shit internet for plebs and the shitter, but shinny, version for the rich.
What if someone gets left behind in the great ad war? Lol. A lone user who has never seen an ad on the Internet ever.