• Logical@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    I think it’s referring to the “you can’t block ads on YT or we might ban you” popups you get on YT occasionally, if you’re using an adblocker. I have only had it happen once or twice before I did a quick online search and found an extra filter or two to add to uBlock Origin, and then I stopped seeing them.

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      14 hours ago

      I wonder how much time their devs spend working on a new ad block detector scheme that gets shown to a couple dozen people before ublock origin adds it to the default filters and none of their users see it again.

      I wonder if they get frustrated or just laugh and get back to the endless job. Or if they also write some of the ublock filters themselves.

      • Inucune@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        This is a cold war happening in the background of the internet. If the advertising industry wins, everybody loses. Advertisement is intrusive by design.