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Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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1034 points deryilz | 3 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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labrador ◴[12 Jul 25 19:53 UTC] No.44544639[source]▶
I'd gladly pay for YouTube without ads if I trusted that it would remain ad free, but the track record from various companies on this is not good.
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j45 ◴[12 Jul 25 20:02 UTC] No.44544696[source]▶
Youtube premium has remained adfree as far as I know.

Best to try it out yourself. I can't watch Youtube with Ads ever anymore.

If a 100% Ad-free youtube premium at the current price point ever went away, something would have to change about the ads.

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theoreticalmal ◴[12 Jul 25 20:22 UTC] No.44544839[source]▶
I get an ad-free YouTube experience for $0 with software. Why do you pay for it?
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cbeley ◴[12 Jul 25 20:43 UTC] No.44545008[source]▶
Because I want to actually support content creators. I also want it to be more normalized to pay for things vs having ad supported content.
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card_zero ◴[12 Jul 25 20:47 UTC] No.44545031[source]▶
Do you think giving money to the world's largest ad agency will encourage them to change their business model?
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1. cbeley ◴[12 Jul 25 21:57 UTC] No.44545534[source]▶
Their business model is already in line with my values. I give them money and in exchange I get an ad-free experience. They don't need to change.
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2. card_zero ◴[12 Jul 25 22:40 UTC] No.44545804[source]▶
If you care about whether content is ad supported or not, then Google are behind most of the world's ad supported content, and need to change, irrespective of your own transaction, unless you think transactions like that will change them. That's why I asked. It would be nice if it worked.
3. lucb1e ◴[13 Jul 25 00:58 UTC] No.44546558[source]▶
I'm not aware that you can pay for Google Search. That they have a paid tier for Youtube is probably to cater to another group of people rather than to "align with your values" and encourage people to actually pay for things online