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YouTube continues global crackdown on ad blockers, targeting mobile third-party apps
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this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2026
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God I wouldn't mind if the ads weren't so fucking cancer. Like I have streaming with ads and dumb Liberty Bibberty or whatever is fine.
But YouTube, it constantly runs gambling scams and then rolls into a 90 minute "ad" podcast about some bull shit
I would mind. I will never not mind. No ads, all or nothing.
I just noticed they removed the button to report ads as inappropriate.
because ads are never inappropriate!
source: Google
I will never pay for youtube while sponsor block is not part of the default app and downvoted are visible.
YouTube can't have sponser block as that is not part of YouTube.
Frankly, I find most YouTube content to be super obnoxious, so I would not pay for it anyway. I already barely ever use YouTube outside of trailers and music videos.
I get SO MANY ads for dick pills. So many. How do they even get away with that?!
Even with the consequences of popularized tracking?