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Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures by ljm on Saturday June 21, 2025 @01:37PM (#44339263)
It’s better they don’t. Hyper-targeting of ads to achieve political aims has been happening for the past decade with Meta leading the way.

There is zero situation where this technology doesn’t get co-opted by adverse interests to make your life measurably worse.

Better to keep them dumb and then grow a regulatory spine to put a stop to the endless proliferation of ads. It was done for advertising on other media.

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