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what youtube is doing is a slow easing of removing adblockers rather than an immediate one (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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if they outright forced us to stop day one there'd be outrage, so they instead ease us in. first a popup, then a timed popup, slowly leading to their actual goal but without the risk of an initial outrage. i know this is an extreme comparison but we're like lambs to a slaughter

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At some point YouTube kind of block your account with the message instead of the video.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah I don't see that as a solution, more as a stop gap for the time being just like Vanced and any other tool that stands/stood between Google and more money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Honestly haven't had that issue at all yet. If that happens, this userscript can be a solution (with something like grease monkey) https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/477725-youtube-iframe-adblocker. Using NoScript to turn off JS should also work. As a last resort you can use a script that redirects YouTube videos to invidious or some other alternative.