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[-] Hexagons@hexbear.net 44 points 4 months ago

Hahahaha, this is what made me quit twitch, for good. I'll do the same with YouTube. It'll suck, yes, but it'll ultimately be good for me and my mental health. 3 years from now I won't miss YouTube.

[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

Ublock origin still works fine on twitch

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

I've never had a problem with uBlock Origin until today. I know it's serious when they've broken through it.

[-] CindyTheSkull@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

A few months ago ublock origin wasn't working for a subset of users (that youtube was using to test features that would break ublock origin for everyone). Ublock had to do make changes to counter youtubes efforts. They did so successfully and became an even more robust ad blocker than before. If they had not, we all would have been seeing ads break through months back.

My point is that it is an arms race and so far ublock (and other ad blockers, though ublock consistently proves the best) has been able to keep ahead for the most part. I don't know for sure if this is the moment when youtube starts to pull in front, obviously I hope not. But even if they do, that doesn't mean ublock will be permanently broken. Even if ads got through for you today, it doesn't necessarily mean they will tomorrow. We'll see.

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