OT rant: Youtube appears to be ad-free again. Was: Why is youtube-dl blocked

[Bill]

On 11/7/23 04:12, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 5, 2023 at 9:44 PM Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 09:19, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've been scared on to Youtube, and I'm about to be scared off it.
>>
>> After a week, I pay a visit to Youtube and find the ad-free experience has been largely restored. Must be the ad blocker pixies doing their work. Bravo!
>>
>> Almost 50, I remain philosophical because I spent about the first ~45 of them living without Youtube. Did that well enough.
> Louis Rossman just posted a video about the situation: YouTube's
> adblock war is backfiring in the worst way possible,
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GARcKCaUfI>.
>
> Jeff
>
WS=> Isn't it ironic that the link it to a YouTube site!