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youtube getting more agressive blocking users after 3 videos (lemmy.world)
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youtube getting more aggressive.. i've got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up

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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Currently with Firefox uBlock and am getting no pop-ups for three days now (this after pop-up nags with a five-second delay).

Not saying you are not having trouble, but I think this is a fight YouTube is going to lose.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I think they are A/B testing to see how people react. I have gotten pop-ups and my coworker wasn't getting them while having the same IP address. I haven't gotten the "x videos left" popup yet. I think it'd be pretty easy for youtube to make ad blocking very hard; they're just testing the waters right now.