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[–] blargerer@kbin.social 65 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They have been pushing adblock detecting technologies in some regions. I'm preparing for having to stop using Youtube when they roll it out here.

[–] xc@artemis.camp 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here in Austria I get the anti adblocker message every single time I visit so I don't care much anymore and just dropped it. I'm rather watching shows now lol

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 6 points 1 year ago

Also in Austria here and no ads for me with uBlock Origin + DNS block on my firewall.

[–] Baketime@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

What adblocker are you using? I'm also in Austria but haven't got it

[–] gamey@feddit.rocks 14 points 1 year ago

Luckily Libretube and Piped still work so I haven't had to visit the normal Youtube site in ages, I do know Youtube increased their aggression towards third party frontends too tho so we will see how long the Newpipe extractor will work I guess!

[–] sparkl_motion@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t think you’ll be losing out on much. Their algorithm has gone to shit recently and finding anything new has become a chore.

[–] blargerer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've never had history on so their algorithm has always been ass for me. Just depended on subs.