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Youtube's Anti-adblock is illegal in the EU (eupolicy.social)
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[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Also required should be YouTube accepting liability for damage done by malicious ads or hacks injecting malware onto user systems via ad infrastructure.

[–] rchive@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't the hacker just be liable instead?

[–] rooster_butt@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Because Google is the one trying to force consumers to raw dog the internet.