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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers

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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

People are installing and uninstalling ad blockers in record high numbers as a result of YouTube's anti-ad blocking efforts.

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2883134 (!android@lemdro.id)

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The article linked here showed a pattern of people uninstalling ad blockers on Chrome… and then turning around and installing them on Edge.

This YouTube campaign might be one of the best things that ever happened to Edge.

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