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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge (gizmodo.com)
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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

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[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean, no ads on youtube is HELLA more convenient than ads on youtube

[–] V0lD@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree

I'm using chrome, sponsorblock and adblock+. Google hasn't told me to turn it off yet.

Maybe it's because I'm in the EU?

If it starts becoming a problem, I intend to look into writing a pull request to fix the firefox UX issues

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough! In that case I also wouldn't be pressured to jump ship, in fact the only reason I jumped back to firefox in the first place was because chrome couldnt handle the amount of tabs I had and they started crashing