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YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

wow, like that’s the worst of all worlds

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

I actually think there is some value in the way YT is trying to do it versus other streamer sites. Most are not available to you at all for free, even with ads. And then you can pay, but get ads, or you can pay more to get no ads (or still get some, in the case of like Prime Video that serves ads for their own shows but don't call those ads for some reason).

This is not a recommendation for it, to be clear.