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Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
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    Just set up a pi hole. Fuck ‘em

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      Pihole explicitly doesn’t block Youtube ads as they can’t differentiate them from content at that level, it needs to be done at browser/app level

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        This.

        The ads and content are delivered via the same way, so blocking one blocks the others.

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      You mean piehole?

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        You mean holepie?

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        No. PiHole is effectively ad-blocking via DNS; the name is a play on black hole and Raspberry Pi.

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