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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2787773 ([email protected])

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Remember YouTube before people started doing ad-like thumbnails, and radio voices?

Like ...the top channels were normal people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I miss that so much!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Someone like FRED was on top at one point. Which is insane looking back on it. All it took was running around being obnoxious with a high pitched voice to be the largest channel on YouTube back then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Use DeArrow and/or ignore the ""algorithm"" fed feeds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Piped is good for that, too.