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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge (gizmodo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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.

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[โ€“] Damaskox 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This made me think!

Would someone who was enjoying Internet services all the way from infancy (with no ad-blocking devices/apps), think that the amount of ads we have nowadays was the norm and that there was nothing weird or absurd about it?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think they would be disgusted with it. I personally remember the Internet from the Dual Up days, and the amount of ads now is absolutely egregious.