Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin - And a Dinosaur
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Recently, YouTube has been ramping up its anti-adblock effort, and I’ve been watching this closely due to personal interest. This blog post is where I write down what I know. Some Background Here’s...

Really interesting read about the history of YouTube adblocking, how the new detection works, how uBO is responding, and how not to block the new popups.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
    721·
    1 year ago

    Then there are non-tech-savvy users looking at the post and saying, “This is too complex. I give up.”

    This is YouTube’s ultimate goal. They don’t need to make it impossible to block ads, just more trouble than it’s worth for most people.

    • shastaxc@lemm.eeEnglish
      133·
      1 year ago

      Fine with me, as long as I personally don’t have to look at ads.