You guys are wearing socks?!

I was curious and latest statistics show 43% of users between 16 and 24 use ad blockers. We're already at bra level of mainstreamyness.

No, it couldn't. People who didn't use adblockers aren't going to suddenly start using them just because YouTube started blocking adblockers. People who didn't use adblockers aren't impacted at all, nothing has changed for them.

Unfortunately, it means they'll move on pieces they already have in place.

They can disable ad blocking in Chrome entirely, and it probably won't mill the browser.

I don't see how? This is targeting people already using ad blockers. People not already using them should not see any difference in service so why would they change their behaviour? At most a mild rise of awareness, though I bet most people following these news stories are also already running ad blockers. It is all the other aggressive shit they are doing with ads that will turn people towards ad blockers/premium.

ublock origion

I prefer uBlock Origin myself.

Adnauseam if you want to add a layer of fuck you on top of it.

But people who don't use adblockers aren't the target if anti adblock stuff in the first place.

Invidious has been a saviour for me on mobile. The ads were so painfully long. To make it worse, I’d use YouTube to help fall asleep, adjust it to the right volume, then BAM! Loud advert. I didn’t use an ad blocker on PC for ages because I get that bandwidth is expensive as hell, but they really started taking the piss and I gave up.

freetube uses Electron = Chromium ;D

t doesn’t say more people overall use ad blockers. It says people that were already using them are now switching between different extensions. Let’s wait and see if this increases Firefox’s market share. This could be the real good outcome of all this.

That's literally the first thing after I install any new system.

• get firefox on a stick so I don't have to open deprecated explorer or have to download Edge
• install firefox, get ad blocker extension
• then remove/turn off all the recommended shit that are now embedded to your start menu and task bar and lock screen. (I wish there is a github FOSS script that does this for new windows builds. )

I will abandon windows when the games can all be played on Linux properly.

I wonder how business owners feel about their advertisements being weaponized to push people toward subscription plans that eliminate advertisements.

I've had YouTube premium from the inception of their subscription model prior to/at the beginning of YouTube red, as I initially had a paid Google music subscription.

Personally, there isn't a better option for the amount of hassle involved in my opinion. It's a family account, and managing so many people's YouTube experiences on at least a dozen different devices would be a nightmare I don't want to think about. (Multiple of each TV's, Roku's, Android phones, iPhones, pc's, etc)

This isn't really relevant to your friend, it is quite silly when it's just one person not willing to do it for just themselves.

And equally, Google is yet to use the big guns they have. Don't get me wrong, I hate Google with a passion, but they have way too much power over the internet for us to leave even a dent on their plans.

Google: it’s over 9000!

my problem with grayjay is that it really wants to give me stuff from the trending tab even though it's supposed to be subscriptions only