Oh gosh, that's unfortunate.
Good thing I've been using NewPipe! I'm reading the post for other alternatives, but feel free to suggest some to me directly, if you'd like.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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I have used freetube on windows. I assume adblock is in browser context here, so freetube should skip the browser completely.
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I'm certainly not an expert in this, but surely there are ways to get around this right? Pihole? Could ad blockers fake ads being played?
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YouTube feels unusable without an ad-blocker. I've gotten like 30min crazy conspiracy videos as an ad that shit is bonkers.
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Whats the percentage of YT users who use Adblock tools? i think it's a tiny number, mainly the power users.
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I test not using YouTube.
I wonder how? Unless ad-blocker extensions are currently leaking some piece of info indicating to the website that we're using them?
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Couple years ago a Youtube-Googler told me that adblockers are their big worry. Suckers.