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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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[–] Mio@feddit.nu 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People will not leave Youtube. They got too many videos. I believe they will just find some proxy solutions or similar. Using anything else will for the author just result in they get paid less.

[–] Nima@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

that's exactly what he just said.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

people will start looking for alternative frontends such as Piped or Invidious