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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

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[–] auf@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] V0lD@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To some extend, yes. But convenience and workflow trumps both.for example, I moved to DuckDuckGo a while back. Not because of privacy, but because Google kept removing customisation options, and it's search results where getting worse and worse.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You seem more stubborn than smart.

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I resemble this statement!

[–] V0lD@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It does give a weird form of comfort to see Lemmy become more like Reddit every day

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean, no ads on youtube is HELLA more convenient than ads on youtube

[–] V0lD@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree

I'm using chrome, sponsorblock and adblock+. Google hasn't told me to turn it off yet.

Maybe it's because I'm in the EU?

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough! In that case I also wouldn't be pressured to jump ship, in fact the only reason I jumped back to firefox in the first place was because chrome couldnt handle the amount of tabs I had and they started crashing