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ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

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ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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Since May, YouTube has ramped up its block of ad blockers and the company has now fully launched this policy worldwide...

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2787773 ([email protected])

  • The Doctor@beehaw.org
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    I’m still waiting for Google to ban uBlock Origin from the Chrome addon store.

    • 🦋 Benjamin West - 🐒🌻@infosec.exchange
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      @drwho @xoggy yeah eh. Maybe it has such a unique footprint it just opens up more tracking opportunities through fingerprinting. 🙃

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        I think they just haven’t gotten around to it yet.

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      All the more reason to switch to Firefox!

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