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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers

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YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

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YouTube expanded a “test” that threatens to cut off users who don't turn off their ad blocker. Developers of the tools are scrambling to respond.

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Why would they run their old ad blocker that doesn't work after installing uBlock instead of uninstalling their old one?
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  The same reason grandma has three different antivirus applications installed.

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