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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com)

submitted 10 months ago by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] aksdb@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I got fed up with this shit and invested a bit of time into getting a working Premium Family plan through a cheap country (Ukraine is about $4 per month). I invited my whole family (parents included) so essentially 6 people have an ad-free YouTube now for less than $1 each (per month). I assume that's still less than what they have gotten by serving us a shit ton of ads. And I am rid of that cat and mouse game for a while.

[–] rodkaroma117@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How would I go about doing the same?

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

As others said: VPN. Ukraine seems to work good currently, since the Credit Card address isn't validated. Cheaper countries like India or Turkey now check if the CC you use is from that country. That is a bit more complicated to pull off, so that wasn't worth it for me.

[–] bcngooner@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I guess they made an account via VPN?

[–] MaXsteri@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

VPN to the country of your choice, then hit the sign up page for the service your interested in.

[–] Polar@lemmy.ca -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Love how Lemmy downvotes anyone who pays for anything. Such a great place for discussion! Definitely no echo chamber here.

[–] jack@monero.town 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Should we start legitimizing garbage?

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you consider YouTube as garbage, then it would be a no-brainer to just stop using it, instead of complaining about ads, right? And no, I couldn't care less. I use YT maybe twice per year. It could go offline tomorros, as far as I am concerned.

[–] jack@monero.town 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Apparently everything in your world is black or white

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago

Simple coherence.

[–] Polar@lemmy.ca -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Having a discussion about paying for things isn't garbage. You're just poor and salty.

[–] jack@monero.town 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol

[–] Polar@lemmy.ca -1 points 10 months ago

Go back to your broken Linux and PeerTube lmao

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago

For the service they offer (the hosting basically) I am actually willing to pay quite a bit. But what they typically ask for (about €15 for a single account) that's just not worth it, given that YouTube isn't the producer of the content they serve. Music might be a bit more complicated thanks to the fucking idiotic way how licensing around that works. Anyway: nothing of that excuses the excessive use of ads they serve nowadays.