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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)
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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers::People are installing and uninstalling ad blockers in record high numbers as a result of YouTube's anti-ad blocking efforts.

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[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had to manually turn on the 'annoyances' filter in ublock, has worked fine since then. One thing I have noticed is that sometimes the video is paused when I click on it and I have to manually start it, but that is a small price to pay.