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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. (www.engadget.com)

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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube's dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there's an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

$ mpv "youtube-url" best youtube adblocker.

[–] BallsInTheShredder 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's this?

[–] 65gmexl3 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

video player in linux. I think VLC can also do that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

mpv video player with mpv-sponsorblock script using youtube-dl/yt-dlp hooks, run from command line / launcher.

Yes, there's a sponsorblock plugin for VLC too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

video player in linux

Not just linux, Android and Windows too. Even embeded devices, MPV basically supports everything

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