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YouTube runs experiment addressing users with ad blocker
tycz:
I'm running Ublock Origin with lots of different filter lists installed. For the past few months I've found that every week or so I have a few days in a row where Youtube works normally, then a few days when Youtube pops up the message that says an ad blocker has been detected and won't play any videos. I read somewhere that Ublock Origin is only guaranteed to block Youtube ads with the default filter list set. I suspect one of my lists is slow to update and Google is detecting it.
I've also been using some Youtube 'client' software called Freetube that works pretty well. It seems to be Youtube-dl with a GUI that looks similar to the Youtube website. It handles subscriptions, history, playlists, remembers watched videos, etc. locally without needing a Google account. It has no ads and somehow bypasses the age verification that some videos require.
peter-h:
You are right - it does work!
Bicurico:
Wow.
Now Youtube blocked my main computer completely.
Not even refresh got around it.
Guess I am staying off Youtube for a while.
MK14:
"Facebook and Instagram launch ad-free subscription tier in EU".
Apparently related to this thread.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67226394
They seem to be doing it ONLY, in the EU, and because of a huge fine the EU has imposed on them.
PlainName:
--- Quote from: MK14 on October 30, 2023, 06:07:57 pm ---"Facebook and Instagram launch ad-free subscription tier in EU".
They seem to be doing it ONLY, in the EU, and because of a huge fine the EU has imposed on them.
--- End quote ---
They say:
--- Quote ---"The option for people to purchase a subscription for no ads balances the requirements of European regulators while giving users choice and allowing Meta to continue serving all people in the EU, EEA and Switzerland.
--- End quote ---
Bullshit. Pay the premium, get no ads, but they still scoop up your data and use it to push on users, track users, know who talks to who, etc. The ads thing is just distraction to make them look good, but behind that there will be no change.
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