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YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet

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Google's anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

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YouTube's 'War' on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet

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So far a Firefox workaround seems to be copying the URL into a fresh private browser window.
It may not be enough to matter, but a not-insignificant number of users will simply abandon YouTube if this keeps up.
- You can just purge the cache in uBlock Origin and update the filterlists, that will fix the issue too.
  
  Having Ublock Origin doesn't guarantee success, read this: https://lemmy.world/comment/4933251
  
  You're linking to one instance where it partially fixed the issue amidst a sea of people saying updating filters did work for them (or saying that they didn't have to do anything at all).
  
  I’ve had no issues
- Allready done. 😃 Some puts a YouTube link, I just scroll past. Can't be that important if it's on boobtube
  
  Is…is boobtube a thing?
  It sounds like it should be a thing
  
  Modern day adaptation of a much older term.
  Note: don't look up boobtube at work lol
  
  Well well well, today I learned!
  
  ROFL! I haven’t heard boobtube since the 70s! 😂
  
  Trust me. I'm that old. 🤣
- a not-insignificant number of users will simply abandon YouTube if this keeps up.
  I regetfully disagree. I think very few people will leave the platform and that the additional revenue generated from those that use adblockers but allow YouTube ads will easily cover the difference of those that do.
  I don't say this to discourage boycotting. Fuck google, do it if you want to!

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