YouTube's ban leads to a record number of users uninstalling their ad-blockers

Re:YouTube's ban leads to a record number of users uninstall... by BiteCode_dev on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:59AM (#38204418)

And even the die-hards will lose convenience, reverse engineering a custom WASM VM every time it's updated is massive work.

And TPM checks are really hard to bypass.

All that to watch a few videos without a 20 second ads?

Not sure it's event worth it.

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Re:YouTube's ban leads to a record number of users uninstall... by simbolit on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:04AM (#38204473)

That's why you don't do it, but the die-hards do.

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Re:YouTube's ban leads to a record number of users uninstall... by taylodl on Thursday November 09, 2023 @11:19AM (#38207006)

The die-hards aren't really doing it for any practical purpose, they're just doing it to show it can be done. Mainstream media have been ignoring. them for decades now and continue to make boatloads of money.

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Re:YouTube's ban leads to a record number of users uninstall... by simbolit on Thursday November 09, 2023 @01:40PM (#38209012)

Depends on how highly you value your privacy. Ads aren't just annoying visually, they contain little tracker bits spying on you.

Long before I had an adblocker, I developed "banner blindness", the real benefit my adblocker gives me is less info leaking out to the platforms. (and since ublock/umatrix is so great, also more security and better loading times, but these are cherries)

If that counts as a "practical purpose" is up to you.

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