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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago

YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers

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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago

People are installing and uninstalling ad blockers in record high numbers as a result of YouTube's anti-ad blocking efforts.

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Meanwhile, Youtube engineers and uBlock Origin volunteers are in a war of attrition, updating both the website (youtube, to block ublock) and uBlock Origin (the ad blocker, to unblock the ublock blocker) multiple times a day every day

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