YouTube cracks down (again) on ad blockers.
YouTube cracks down (again) on ad blockers.
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The moment they actually succeed in forcing ads on me, is the moment where I simply stop watching. Ads have become so frequent, so distracting, and so dangerous (scams, malware, disinformation) that they are pushing the world -- not even just the internet -- to the brink of destruction as more and more outrageous shit gets manufactured in the hope for clicks.
I will never pay for YouTube and I will NOT visit any site with ads. I do, however participate in patreons and other methods of paying creators.
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I think someone’s quarterly goals include “reduce ad-free viewing hours” because every few months we get a half assed block that is countered hours later.
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aww, they're trying so hard.
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Supposedly if you’re using a vpn albania is one of the few places that hasn’t been tainted by YouTube adware
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I lived there for a year and am moving there permanently in a couple of months. Albania is such an underrated country in so many ways. It has its problems, but man, it is a bajillion times better than living in the US.
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A reminder to use YT less, or to use third party YT browsers. How convenient!
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I’ve got this a few times on both my Windows and Linux machines. Uninstalling uBlock Origin, restarting Firefox, and reinstalling uBlock Origin had always fixed it for me.
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Websites dont have the ability to see what addons you are using. Youtube must be tracking and storing local traffic data to accomplish this.
Seems illegal
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You can tell when someone is blocking ads without seeing add-ons. Many ad blockers aren't even add ons
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Hanff first reached out to the European Commission about the use of ad blocker detection tools in 2016. In response to his concerns, the commission confirmed that scripts used to detect ad blockers also fall under Article 5.3 of the ePrivacy Directive, a rule that requires websites to ask for user consent before storing or accessing information on a user’s device, such as cookies. “Article 5.3 does not limit itself to any particular type of information or technology, such as cookies,” the commission wrote at the time. “Article 5(3) would also apply to the storage by websites of scripts in users’ terminal equipment to detect if users have installed or are using ad blockers.”
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23950513/youtube-ad-blocker-crackdown-privacy-advocates-eu
Tldr:Just googled it and this came up. wasnt sure if it was illegal (its not). in the EU theres a guy named Alexander Hanff who very much thinks it should be and I agree.
They are monitoring traffic and scripts and storing information about the user without consent. In other words spyware. And from what you said "many adblockers arent even add ons" isnt that worse? The Pihole for example being detected and a corp like google storing that your ip has one. Makes me very uncomfortable.
please no replies with "youtube is providing a serivice that needs to be paid for, ads are a nessecarry blah blah blah." It doesnt justify spyware.
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Scum gonna' scum.
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I believe they will end up winning.
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