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YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sounds like trouble for Newpipe, Sponsorblock, etc...

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

One of my biggest pet peeves recently has been people trying to show me <30 second videos on their phone, and having to sit through a full ass 30 second advertisement. It takes such minimal effort to block the ads, you’ll make up the time invested within a week.

And you know what, as I’m typing this I’m realizing it’s not purely the ads that are annoying. Just don’t fucken show people random 30 second meme videos in person, it’s annoying as shit. Send a link or something, we all have phones.

/rant

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Part of the enjoyment I get from sharing memes is seeing/hearing the reaction from the person I'm showing it to. The ads just fuck up the whole vibe.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

30 seconds arent that bad.

I once was forced to a five minutes video. Five minutes of pure cringe can feel like hours.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I feel this. If you're holding your phone up to my face it better be something off your own camera roll.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I mean...yeah, of course this was going to happen. Did people think they would ignore 3rd party apps providing a work around for their ad block?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Whatever the default ad blocker is on opera works fine, always has. Once in a blue moon I'll see a frame of an ad, but it skips directly after.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Will lots of people stopped using adblockers last time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Fuck 'em. I don't care if they don't know they're making things worse for everyone else; fuck 'em anyway.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Seems like a waste of imperial resources 🤔🤔🤔 what's the point of an arms race like that

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