<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 09:02, Owen Thomas <<a href="mailto:owen.paul.thomas@gmail.com">owen.paul.thomas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 08:58, Owen Thomas <<a href="mailto:owen.paul.thomas@gmail.com" target="_blank">owen.paul.thomas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 00:57, Jose I Diaz Bardales <<a href="mailto:jose.dbardales@gmail.com" target="_blank">jose.dbardales@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
> Hmmm... I have seen that Youtube does seem to be fighting my adblocker <br>
> too. It was kind of fun while it lasted, but alas.<br>
> <br>
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That is correct. <br>
<a href="https://9to5google.com/2023/10/31/youtube-ad-blockers-launch/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://9to5google.com/2023/10/31/youtube-ad-blockers-launch/</a><br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hmmm...</div><div><br></div><div>It's obvious Youtube is "testing" one's browser to see whether or not it responds in a way that would indicate ads are being blocked. Why, then, would it be technically unfeasible to pretend to Youtube that one is not blocking ads when in fact one is?</div><div><br></div><div>I just don't think Youtube has rumbled the ad blockers just because it "insists" with a popup window that ad blockers be removed; the universe doesn't seem to work that way.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Personally, I would rather switch windows to something more interesting when a blank screen is displayed for 30 seconds than have an ugly ad in my face screaming for me to buy this or that.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Furthermore, I wonder why some form of "splicing" technology hasn't been picked up by Youtube so that there is no indication of when the stream is showing an ad and when it isn't.</div><div><br></div><div>This world is a weird and scary place with people who want me to do things with them that I don't want to. Ugly monster. I've been scared on to Youtube, and I'm about to be scared off it.<br></div></div></div>