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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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Does Firefox track addon installs? Currently shows 6,923,048 Users on the UBlock addon page, I wonder how they get that number and how often it updates.

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