YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge

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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge
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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

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Popping out a tab doesn't turn it into a draggable window, but just into cursor basic cursor held object. This gives no visual feedback on what is actually happening and makes the whole operation much less visually clear

It's a small thing, but in the times I tried Firefox, I noticed a lot of these rough edges to the point that it became frustrating to use. I'm using this specific one as a benchmark for when I'm willing to give it a shot again

Fuck's sake, what a stupid thing to get hung up over.

You're all getting quite hung up about someone voicing that they're not ready to switch to your preferred browser tbh

Like, it's not that you are negatively affected by me having UX preferences

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Could you find a smaller potato?

Is that a typo, or a saying I'm not familiar with?

It’s a small potatoes means that’s it’s extremely inexpensive and misses the big bag of perfectly good, if not above average potatoes

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