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YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers
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If a YouTube ad installs a virus on my system, can I sue YouTube?
I doubt viewing the ad on YouTube would give you a virus. You’d have to click on the ad, leave YouTube, and at that point google would wash their hands of it and say it’s your fault.
Google has literally deployed crypomining malware through adsence. They don't check ad code before deploying it.
that's a lot different than just running a video clip.
Some people prefer to mine in the background than watch ads
If YouTube takes files from 3rd parties and simply displays them, then viruses are possible. This is more true of ads placed via ad-broker on other websites. To get ad revenue a webmaster provides a space where the ad is inserted. The ad is provided by a 3rd party who pays the ad broker for placement. Neither the webmaster nor the ad broker have any visibility into the content of the ad, which could even contain code (ads which move or present UI elements have code to make those things work)
YouTube is the virus
No, you cannot, because you're the one who chose to disable the adblockers that NIST and/or CISA (can't remember if it's both entities) highly encourage everyone to use.
E: I reread it, and it sounds I'm being mean. I was, in fact, being facetious. I'm on the same mindset as you, and I will sooner not use YouTube than disable antiadware protection.
But I would not have disabled my ad blocker in other circumstances, but YouTube is forcing me to disable it against my better judgment to be able to use the site.
Oh, no, I agree with you. But google doesn't care.
Sure! There's zero likelihood of this ever happening, but in the weird universe where it does you can probably sue them for coming around and shaving your dog too.