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Really interesting read about the history of YouTube adblocking, how the new detection works, how uBO is responding, and how not to block the new popups.

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[-] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Has anybody else not seen an ad yet? I'm wondering if it's because I'm using Enhancer for youtube which also has an adblocking function 🤔

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 1 year ago

Did you not read the article?

YouTube isn’t rolling out the anti-adblock to everyone. It seems to depend on things like your account, browser, and IP address. And if you’re not logged in or you’re in a private window, you’re safe. As a result, there are a bunch of people saying, “I use XYZ and I haven’t seen an anti-adblock popup yet,” unknowingly spreading misinformation.

I haven't seen any anti adblock things on youtube if that's what you mean

[-] Banzai51@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

For a day I got the no video but audio playing ads.

On my Shield where I don't have uBlock Origin, I get bombarded with ads.

[-] Gingernate@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago
[-] anothermember@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't yet but I presume that's because I don't have an account - which according to the article they're targeting people by account.

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