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YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

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990 points smitop | 1 comments | 20 Jun 25 17:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.232s | 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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cpitman ◴[21 Jun 25 01:13 UTC] No.44333676[source]▶
Or just pay for Youtube.... $8/ month gets rid of most of the ads in videos, $15/month to remove ads from music, shorts, and search results.
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conradfr ◴[21 Jun 25 08:07 UTC] No.44335656[source]▶
Lite is not available everywhere, also those streaming services basically up their price every year, like we're frogs.
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1. gardnr ◴[21 Jun 25 09:53 UTC] No.44336164[source]▶
I had YouTube Lite for a couple years. They sent me an email saying it was being discontinued in my country. I had always been watching with an Ad Blocker. The main difference now is that they refuse to accept the money I am willing to pay them.