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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: 0.211s | 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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simianwords ◴[21 Jun 25 05:51 UTC] No.44334895[source]▶
Idk man instead of freeloading how about paying for the service? I generally avoid dismissive comments like these but I think it needs to be said.

If you don’t like ads pay for the service. You don’t deserve content for free.

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tonyedgecombe ◴[21 Jun 25 10:17 UTC] No.44336270[source]▶
Even if you pay for YouTube you will still see ads inserted by the content creators.
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aprilthird2021 ◴[21 Jun 25 19:15 UTC] No.44340008[source]▶
So what? It's still paying to see less ads. If ads bother you, pay
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tonyedgecombe ◴[23 Jun 25 15:35 UTC] No.44356844[source]▶
>If ads bother you, pay

I have paid but I still see ads.

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1. jama211 ◴[26 Jun 25 19:12 UTC] No.44390374[source]▶
Stop playing dumb