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YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet
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So far a Firefox workaround seems to be copying the URL into a fresh private browser window.
It may not be enough to matter, but a not-insignificant number of users will simply abandon YouTube if this keeps up.
You can just purge the cache in uBlock Origin and update the filterlists, that will fix the issue too.
Having Ublock Origin doesn't guarantee success, read this: https://lemmy.world/comment/4933251
You're linking to one instance where it partially fixed the issue amidst a sea of people saying updating filters did work for them (or saying that they didn't have to do anything at all).
I’ve had no issues
Allready done. 😃 Some puts a YouTube link, I just scroll past. Can't be that important if it's on boobtube
Is…is boobtube a thing?
It sounds like it should be a thing
Modern day adaptation of a much older term.
Note: don't look up boobtube at work lol
Well well well, today I learned!
ROFL! I haven’t heard boobtube since the 70s! 😂
Trust me. I'm that old. 🤣
I regetfully disagree. I think very few people will leave the platform and that the additional revenue generated from those that use adblockers but allow YouTube ads will easily cover the difference of those that do.
I don't say this to discourage boycotting. Fuck google, do it if you want to!