[email protected]English • 2 years ago

YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

[email protected]English • 2 years ago

Since May, YouTube has ramped up its block of ad blockers and the company has now fully launched this policy worldwide...

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11•2 years ago
never seen the youtube anti-adblock stuff.

Mullvad vpn + mullvad browser + ublock origin + never logging into google…

Also freetube, also newpipe…

Maybe they don’t bother trying to block vpn users?
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  2•2 years ago
  from what I’ve read incognito mode is still unaffected, but thats just rumors online
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  3•2 years ago
  I use a VPN, and I saw the popup.

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