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YouTube continues global crackdown on ad blockers, targeting mobile third-party apps
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On android use a firefox fork with ublock I'm sure there is an equvalent on ios as well. It's much easier than playing whack-a-mole with an app.
Does the ublock addon also do the cat and mouse game with Google when google patches ad blocking with ublock?
I have yet to have an issue like that. I've been watching YouTube through ironFox with ubo for over a year with no issue I disabled the mobile yt app
I haven't tried yet so i am asking. I currently only use brave because I know they patch whatever google does to evade adblock
Brave shields are a fork of ubo... Ubo in my experience has stayed consistently on top of it. Never gotten an ad blocker notice