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YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

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990 points smitop | 9 comments | 20 Jun 25 17:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.753s | source | bottom
1. UltraSane ◴[20 Jun 25 23:07 UTC] No.44332938[source]▶
I have every right to try to block YouTube ads and YouTube has every right to try to defeat whatever I do.
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2. k12sosse ◴[20 Jun 25 23:08 UTC] No.44332949[source]▶
And they too, to try to stop people using their platform from doing so.
3. squigz ◴[21 Jun 25 00:57 UTC] No.44333578[source]▶
No they do not have that right. They do not have the right to try to circumvent what I'm telling my browser to do. If they don't like what it's doing, they can block me from the platform.
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4. rasz ◴[21 Jun 25 04:02 UTC] No.44334389[source]▶
Problem is Google also controls what used to be called "user agent".
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5. UltraSane ◴[21 Jun 25 18:16 UTC] No.44339560[source]▶
I use Firefox and uBlock Origin
6. UltraSane ◴[21 Jun 25 18:17 UTC] No.44339565[source]▶
At the most fundamental they have the right to send or not send video data to you.
7. dbbk ◴[21 Jun 25 19:10 UTC] No.44339962[source]▶
They could very easily just ban ad blockers from the Chrome extension store, but they haven't
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8. UltraSane ◴[21 Jun 25 21:27 UTC] No.44340856[source]▶
Serious people use Firefox and uBlock Origin.
9. redml ◴[21 Jun 25 21:38 UTC] No.44340929[source]▶
im sure that's for antitrust reasons.