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YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 11 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • YouTube is intensifying efforts to combat adblockers, including blocking video playback and warning users of potential account suspension.
  • Increased ads on YouTube have driven many users to adblockers, hurting both YouTube’s ad revenue and content creators reliant on ad-based income.
  • Despite these measures, many users are leaving YouTube or finding workarounds, leading creators to seek alternative revenue streams off-platform.
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[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Are they? The app I use to view YouTube without ads got taken down and so did the other ones

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

uBlock Origin and similar ad blockers stop YouTube ads. Occasionally YouTube changes something and ads sneak through until someone updates the filters.

Now that Chrome has essentially neutered its ad blockers, the only option for many people is Firefox on desktop and mobile, which still has a working version of uBO.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It's odd I have unlock and my YouTube still has ads. But mostly I'm looking for a mobile app to use YouTube without ads

[-] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 11 months ago

Tubular works nicely, and Smart Tube Next on android tv.

[-] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

YouTube ReVanced still works. Also, ad blockers on desktop.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I had new pipe and another I forget, for my phone but they stopped working a while back

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