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YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete (www.yahoo.com)
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YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

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[โ€“] skeezix@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have a personal rule that anything advertised on YouTube I will never buy.

[โ€“] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

all I ever see advertised on youtube, during the brief times I have no adblocker (mostly when I'm working on other peoples computers and making sure audio and stuff is working) are either 2 hour long fake documentaries/talk shows/etc pushing some bullshit product

or PragerU pushing racist bullshit.

In fact, the overwhelming majority of it is PragerU pushing racist bullshit.

If you remove all other reasons for adblocking, Not seeing PragerU bullshit and not letting google make money off PragerUs racist bullshit is still an incredibly valid reason for adblocking.