YouTube's war on ad blockers is a war on your privacy.
I may still use YouTube, but it'll definitely be less often -- and it'll be in a browser instance that isn't connected in any way to anything else I do.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23940583/youtube-ad-blocker-crackdown-broadening
Dan Gillmor /
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2023-11-02 00:29:50
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