withersailor@aussie.zone to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoYouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blockingwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkYouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blockingwww.androidauthority.comwithersailor@aussie.zone to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareSubjectAlps@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThis just seems like another element an ad blocker could block.
minus-squareOsayidan@social.vmdk.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNot if they track this server-side, then you just get banned or can’t open any more videos after 3 videos, and won’t have the message telling you why.
minus-squareSubjectAlps@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt definitely depends on how they implement it. If they implement it server-side, it’ll probably work, but what’s stopping you from viewing YouTube signed out? IPs change frequently, cookies can be cleared, etc.
This just seems like another element an ad blocker could block.
Not if they track this server-side, then you just get banned or can’t open any more videos after 3 videos, and won’t have the message telling you why.
It definitely depends on how they implement it. If they implement it server-side, it’ll probably work, but what’s stopping you from viewing YouTube signed out? IPs change frequently, cookies can be cleared, etc.