YouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: privacy laws | Privacy advocates argue YouTube’s ad blocker restrictions violate the European Union’s online privacy laws.::YouTube is launching a “global effort” to crack down on ad blockers, but some privacy advocates in the European Union argue that it’s illegal.
People getting crazier by the day… someone just told me I am supporting piracy by blocking ads! Like what?
user_AW11@lemmy.world 1 year ago
From the EU, I was one of the ones that reported this.
european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/write-us_en
Perhaps “'privacy laws”.
But I made a point about: monopolistic behavior
And what is funny:
Your FBI advices the use of adblockers.
pcmag.com/…/fbi-recommends-installing-an-ad-block…
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, their whole business model is a scam. A currently (mostly) legal one, but a scam nonetheless.
lorkano@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I can’t blame them for wanting to restore monetization as adblockers removed most of the revenue from those platforms. But fighting adblockers is not a way to do this. They should either change entire YouTube business model to pay to access, or rework ads to be less annoying. If ads were not annoying as fuck, people wouldn’t be pushed to install adblock in the first place.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 year ago
I mean, yes?