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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How is YouTube detecting adblockers? Wouldn't it be with the information the user's browser is already passing to them?

[–] gusVLZ@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It could check if the ad is present in Dom maybe?

[–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Or they just check the machine to see if the malware served in the ad is present.

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[–] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago
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