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YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So you lost access to gmail as well?

[–] dorumon@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and I had to change my gog and itch.io email addresses.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Damn, and that's just the ones where swapping the email is possible without access to the original. More and more services seem to send a verification code at login. I guess you're just shit out of luck then.

I better stop watching youtube then.

You didn't get any options to unlock your account early, like pay a penalty or something?