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YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it (me.mashable.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it::Annoying.

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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While YT is playing its games, I've found a half-dozen other ways to get at the videos. Very educational. I'm thinking they are learning a whole bunch about what people think of their way-too-aggressive approach ... and how people usually respond to that behavior.

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They think the rest of the world will accept the horror that was USA cable TV. Ads interrupt your movie every few minutes 🤮

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I haven't seen a valuation on Youtube ... but recently saw that Twitter sold for $44B and X is now at $12B.

I've enjoyed viewing YT videos for many years ... learned A LOT ... and thought quite highly of them. I can see charging to see long films (bandwidth and licenses isn't cheap) ... but piling ads on top of thousands of private people trying to help others out (for little profit)? Ads on educational programming? Yeah... it's WORSE than what Cable did to films.

Reminds me of that old song lyric ...

Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss

[–] dependencyInjection@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Any of those way for iOS?

[–] virtualbriefcase@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not on IOS, but I've heard Brave browser on IOS has adblock so that might be a way to avoid ads. Sites like various Invidious instances run in any browser would also be a way to dodge ads.

Any browser that accepts plugins would also work, but I'm not sure if they exsist or not.

[–] xts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

AltStore with uYouPlus