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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 03:30:33 JST nixCraft 🐧

   I have a YouTube Premium subscription, yet I received a message stating that Ad Blockers are not allowed on YouTube. WTF? What am I supposed to do now?

   • Tertle950 (tertle950@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 03:31:51 JST Tertle950

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     @nixCraft Well I don't know how in the world THAT happens, but... use an Invidious instance like yewtu.be?

   • Tertle950 (tertle950@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 03:32:34 JST Tertle950

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     @nixCraft YouTube _has_ to block adblockers even if you have Premium and don't block ads.

     It's the "principle" of the "matter".

   • Tertle950 (tertle950@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 03:33:26 JST Tertle950

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     @nixCraft Ask them on Twitter, for some reason that's more reliable than contacting them via email

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 03:34:10 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • Stullekovski

     @stullekovski yes, I keep Chrome for fun stuff while FF for banking and work stuff.

   • Stullekovski (stullekovski@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 03:34:12 JST Stullekovski

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     @nixCraft Chrome browser?

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 03:38:00 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     Google is just becoming very aggressive, or there is a bug in their detection system. I will give them the benefit of the doubt this time. As someone who worked in the software field for many moons, I know bugs exist.

   • Roadskater, Ph.D. (roadskater@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 03:44:33 JST Roadskater, Ph.D.

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     @nixCraft I read other complaints on Mastodon over the weekend about YouTube vs ad blockers. Sounded more like a "feature" than a bug from the way they described it.

   • Siddhesh Gunjal (siddhu_@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 04:14:18 JST Siddhesh Gunjal

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     @nixCraft I'm waiting for them to implement this in India. Probably they won't soon. If they do, a big chunk of users will switch to NewPipe & FreeTube instantly 😂 this will surely affect their business

   • K N (kentng@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 04:04:55 JST K N

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     @nixCraft firefox works better though i use UD & decentralized stop these evil privacy tracking