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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. (www.engadget.com)

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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube's dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there's an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.

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[-] Tygr@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago

Don’t be evil turned into straight up evil with Manifest V3. Already switched to FF as my primary and started shifting my use of Evil’s services.

[-] Tom_bishop@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

They ditch the "do no evil" motto years ago when seeking military contract to help them kill people

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

I was suspicious the moment they said "don't be evil".

Non-evil people don't need to say it.

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