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YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps (www.theverge.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Trivial? What information does this whitelist hold that can't be spoofed? It's not like apps have to tell the truth about what they are.

[–] wreckedcarzz 7 points 7 months ago

People do that? Just have their code go on the internet and tell lies?! This is a Christian internet!

(yes it's /s)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

This is what current implementations like Revanced do. The endgame will be fullblown DRM. Until then, it will be a cat and mouse game.