YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/youtube-will-start-blocking-third-party-clients-that-dont-show-ads/
Google would really like it if everyone just paid for YouTube Premium instead
This could be the death knell for YouTube as Google clearly doesn't understand its users...
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