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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2883134 ([email protected])

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had uBlock Origin installed since forever, are people just finding out about it?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (10 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not really making fun of it, just genuinely curious. Are people still installing Adblock Plus? It has had an Acceptable Ads Committee for over a decade now. What were people using if not that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I stopped using that when it stopped working. Is there a working version? I thought they got kiked off the app store for "interfering with internet data" or something.

[–] Reddfugee42 1 points 1 year ago

You can't be genuinely curious by asking a question answered in the source.

[–] Duamerthrax 2 points 1 year ago

More like most people don't have the patience to learn the difference between uBlock and UBlock Origin. Also, a lot of people just install Ad Block because they you tell them to install a ad blocker, they just install the one called AdBlock.

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[–] thesilverpig 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Adblock plus was the standard for so long until maybe 5 or so years ago when they were bought out or something and they were hinting at letting some ads in. I think only the very online people switched to uBlock Origin before Adblock Plus tanked itself. That is all from hazy memory but it wouldn't surprise me that normies got recommended Adblock Plus and used it until it didn't work right only to seek out better options now that youtube is serving them so many ads.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That has had an Acceptable Ads Committee for over a decade now. I'm surprised that YouTube Ads wouldn't have been permitted on it.

[–] calypsopub 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, as a normie can confirm