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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)

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

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[–] yukijoou@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

i have yet to see a single anti-adblock pop-up on youtube lmao

[–] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Me neither. I've tested Brave, Firefox and LibreWolf+uBlock Origin on desktop. Nothing. Firefox, Iceraven, Brave and NewPipe on Android. Still nothing.

What gives?

Well, besides YouTube giving us videos without ads...

[–] crypticthree@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was getting them on chrome starting a couple of weeks ago. They have gotten more aggressive over time. I switched to Firefox with ublock and I have not received a single message

[–] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 7 points 10 months ago

Welcome to the gang

[–] Antitrust7668@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

I've switched to Opera One and haven't seen any personally. Been pretty great.

[–] imapuppetlookaway@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I got them on Firefox with Ublock Origin but only with my VPN on US or Canadian servers. Then a few days later, even on those servers they disappeared. Haven't seen one since those first few.