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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)

submitted 8 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

lmao let's all thank YouTube for spreading the word about adblockers, best adverisment ever

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The problem with YouTube is that even if you manage to block ads, you find most of the videos are ads too.

[–] DeltaWhy@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

SponsorBlock is essential now. I switched from iPad to an Android tablet largely so I could use YouTube ReVanced. And on Android TV there's SmartTube Next.

I get that creators gotta eat, but I pay for YouTube Premium already. If they would stop accepting sponsorships from scam companies I might even stop blocking those.

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Freetube + Sponserblock or Newpipe+Sponserblock is the goat setup