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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (17 children)

So is this basically saying youtube isn't allowed to detect an adblocker?

I'm not sure I really follow why that specifically is something they're policing.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

As I understand it, detecting an adblocker is a form of fingerprinting. Fingerprinting like this is a privacy violation unless there is first a consent process.

The outcome of this will be that consent for the detecting will be added to the TOS or as a modal and failing to consent will give up access to the service. It won't change Youtube's behavior, I don't think. But it could result in users being able to opt out of the anti-adblock... just that it also might be opting out of all of YouTube when they do it.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm happy to report that the vote was postponed because they did not have the votes for the proposal to pass. I know it is not a definitive victory because they will simply try to do it again, but it's good that they failed once again.

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