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YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

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991 points smitop | 1 comments | 20 Jun 25 17:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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akersten ◴[21 Jun 25 01:03 UTC] No.44333609[source]▶
Thank you for your important work fighting this battle, it must be exhausting.

The more Google insists on forcing advertising on us, the more we should look closely at the wildly inappropriate and downright scammy ads they are hosting. If they can't leave well enough alone and look the other way on ad blocking, (which is the only way to avoid exposing myself and family to these dangerous ads), they need to be under a lot more scrutiny for the ads they choose to run.

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timmg ◴[21 Jun 25 01:06 UTC] No.44333634[source]▶
> The more Google insists on forcing advertising on us...

You can... just not visit youtube, right?

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randcraw ◴[21 Jun 25 03:15 UTC] No.44334206[source]▶
No. Youtube is a monopoly. For a huge amount pf historical video, they are the only game in town. Regulating the hell out of them -- especially gigantic fines for the insane amount of copyright piracy their business model depends upon -- is LONG overdue.
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1. pjc50 ◴[21 Jun 25 07:42 UTC] No.44335531[source]▶
Yes, although the problem is that trying to regulate them out of existence will destroy the archive. Especially if you try to insist on copyright traceability.