I wonder how? Unless ad-blocker extensions are currently leaking some piece of info indicating to the website that we're using them?
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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i use revanced and firefox with ublock you dumb bitch
I've been poking around with Invidious lately, does anyone know if this'd be a counter to these blocks?
Invidious got hit by a cease and desist so they might be shutting down their operations. But yes, I believe it would be immune to those blocks unless they change their API.
So.. using a ad blocker that we compile ourselves?
@talos I wonder if they'll start burning the ads at the beginning of the video if downloaded via yt-dlp or something. If ads start showing up in mpv I'll probably sigh at least pretty heavily.
huh. Maybe that’s why watching this on mobile safari with vinegar installed has been really flaky lately.
Couple years ago a Youtube-Googler told me that adblockers are their big worry. Suckers.
I wouldn't mind ads if,
- They didn't repeat the same 3 ads every few minutes on high ad videos (No It, I will not take it >:c)
- Moderated and removed obvious scam ads
- Remove ads that are disgusting or clearly inappropriate (I have seen some stuff that could be categorized as porn in YouTube ads and no I do not allow them to feed me ads based on my interests)
- If ads were still not being actively used to spread malware/viruses (not sure if this happens on YouTube at all but I would rather be safe then sorry)
[EDIT] Removed a redundant word
The largest issue for me is that I've never watched an ad and thought "I need that". It's just a huge waste of time that I find disrespectful and distasteful.
That being said I haven't watched and ad in years. A bit less then a decade now, actually.