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NutmegYankee

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3. There are ad blocker blocker ad-ons that strip out ad blocking code from a webpage.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun Oct 8, 2023, 09:26 PM

Oct 2023

Ads are a major vulnerability for malicious code attacks right now. I feel no moral issue with blocking them until the corporations clean up their act and make them virus proof.

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YouTube starting to crack down on ad-blocking programs [View all] True Dough Oct 2023 OP

I do use ad-blocker, but there are delays even without it. I don't YouTube as much as 5 years ago bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #1

youtube is unfit to watch with ads. I got those msgs for a few days. Id pay $5 a month msongs Oct 2023 #2

There are ad blocker blocker ad-ons that strip out ad blocking code from a webpage. NutmegYankee Oct 2023 #3

Good point! True Dough Oct 2023 #4

I get these prompts all of the time, I just don't read and pick up the content somewhere else. n/t SheilaAnn Oct 2023 #5

You find the video content elsewhere? True Dough Oct 2023 #6

Content will usually appear in conversations on DU. n/t SheilaAnn Oct 2023 #7

I will fix that problem they same way I fixed commercial TV. I just don't watch it. Chainfire Oct 2023 #8

Google hates it when it can't monetize users dalton99a Oct 2023 #9