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wow just wow while i can't say i didn't see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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[–] Lix_xD@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What about things like newpipe, invidious, feetube etc?

[–] AdmiralShat@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Will work for now, but it's only a matter of time

I think they're just trying to outdo general ad blocking methods. The users who would go through the trouble of using a third party app to view are not the users that would be generating ad revenue anyways.

They want the people who make up 99% of their lost revenue, the people who just found out toy could click a couple times in your browser and install an ad block