YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers (www.wired.com)

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YouTube expanded a “test” that threatens to cut off users who don't turn off their ad blocker. Developers of the tools are scrambling to respond.

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[-] parpol@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago

"In the worst case, come next year’s industry conference, ad blockers could be the ones conceding to Google."

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[-] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Was going to say, that seems very unlikely.

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