The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

    • V0lD@lemmy.worldEnglish
      412·
      1 year ago

      To some extend, yes. But convenience and workflow trumps both.for example, I moved to DuckDuckGo a while back. Not because of privacy, but because Google kept removing customisation options, and it’s search results where getting worse and worse.

      • Kedly@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        I mean, no ads on youtube is HELLA more convenient than ads on youtube

        • V0lD@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          I agree

          I’m using chrome, sponsorblock and adblock+. Google hasn’t told me to turn it off yet.

          Maybe it’s because I’m in the EU?

          If it starts becoming a problem, I intend to look into writing a pull request to fix the firefox UX issues

          • Kedly@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Fair enough! In that case I also wouldn’t be pressured to jump ship, in fact the only reason I jumped back to firefox in the first place was because chrome couldnt handle the amount of tabs I had and they started crashing