I had been watching youtube on my phone using ublock origin on Firefox, but since youtube started this shit I have shifted permanently to newpipe.
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aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 year agoAnd then companies like YouTube force you to unblock them.
Bebo@literature.cafe 1 year ago
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What? YouTube can’t force me to do shit.
HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They have blocked users in the past from seeing any videos until their adblocker it removed
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You still have the option of closing the tab and moving on with life, or digging in to see if there’s another way around it.
MrFlamey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Closing the tab and moving on with life is what I do when a Twitter login prompt or paywall appears. I’ve often thought it would be better for me to unblock ads, at least on timewasting sites like Youtube, just so that I get pissed off by the ads and close the tab, making it easier to stop wasting time.