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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by bagacrap on Saturday May 13, 2023 @12:35AM (#35925562)
If that bit is a literal bit, there will be an extension that just sets that bit, thereby bypassing ads when you didn't actually pay a subscription.

If that bit is some sort of encoded identifier that an extension couldn't generate, then they will know who you are.

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