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YouTube runs experiment addressing users with ad blocker
CJay:
So the uBlock scripts have now stopped working here and I'm seeing ads again.
Which have revealed yet another reason why YT is evil, adverts for dodgy as hell investment schemes (scams) featuring deepfakes of people like Musk (As if a deepfake ad could trash his reputation further) yet there's no way to report these obvious scams and fakes.
Sick of it, everyone wants to take my money for 'premium' services and yet still monetise my personal info, browsing data etc. and there's no escape from the bullshit.
madires:
Yep, ad-blockers help to protect you from malicious ads. It's not just about scam ads on YouTube. You'll see them also on websites of well known newspapers, for example. Therefore even the German BSI (federal office for information security) recommends to use an ad-blocker: https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Themen/Verbraucherinnen-und-Verbraucher/Informationen-und-Empfehlungen/Cyber-Sicherheitsempfehlungen/Updates-Browser-Open-Source-Software/Der-Browser/Adblocker-Tracking/adblocker-tracking_node.html. It's self-defence!
magic:
That's what Google used to be, 15 years ago :-DD
wofritz:
Is the "experiment" still running? I do not get the pop up anymore with ublock active (and no ads). Only thing that may be different now is that some videos stop playing after some seconds and need another click on the play button to resume.
Shonky:
I am still seeing the "permanent block". Initially disabling uBlock Origin got it going again but it's back to being blocked with that disabled and just a pihole running DNS.
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