I wouldn’t be surprised if they are using the information recorded from people who click the close button to better train their algorithm for detecting adblockers.
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MrFlamey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As far as I can tell, they aren’t doing a very good job. I’ve seen the notice that an ad blocker is not allowed, and even without upgrading the ad blocker I use I can still just click the close button on the notice and it goes away and I can continue to watch uninterrupted.
If Google does figure out how to prevent people from using ad blockers on YouTube, I think it will help me break my honestly unhealthy habit and reduce the amount I watch, or perhaps even quit entirely, since there are far more ads on YouTube than there were in the past - especially if you also include sponsor ads that are embedded in videos.
IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 1 year ago
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have been enjoying Nebula. If Google manages to kill ad blockers, I will probably just go live over there.