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YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users::undefined

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[โ€“] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or maybe this is a proof of concept for completely blocking adblock across the web. YouTube is just a demo.

That can't really be done to people who don't use chrome. People who use chrome are morons though and might not realise they can just switch software.