Comment on YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

• Alchemy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Pretty much, also encouraged me to download uBlock, and now I see how many items it blocks from pages like YouTube. Spoiler: It’s a lot.

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  • hydrospanner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Right?

    I have two tabs open…one is a site that is overtly and actively promoting products to me, with literal links to retailers where I can buy the stuff they’re promoting…the other is YouTube.

    The promotional site’s uBlock counter is at 4.

    YouTube’s is at…139.

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    • mjhelto@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Leave that YouTube tab open open for a day and see how many thousands of items uBlock has blocked.

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      • sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yup, I left youtube up on my laptop all day today and this is ublocks total. It’s fucking crazy that some people don’t bother with adblockers

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