YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers
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Technology@kbin.social – 82 points – androidpolice.com
It looks like Google are pushing pretty hard on AdBlockers now. Looks like a pretty aggressive new UI from them.
I'm finding revanced for Android is still working well, but I've got no idea when that'll become less reliable
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just use firefox
This is the way.
Never had a problem with Firefox. Chromium forks however...
For now until they start ruining that too somehow. I wouldn't be surprised to eventually see browser based throttling.
Or pull a reddit and try to force app usage
Ngl would like to see the browser vs. app usage statistics for YouTube. They've been moving into shorts hard so I'm thinking that desktop users are becoming a minority on the platform.
How will that help if they block you server side?
drm does not work
Sure it does. Technically, it's perfectly feasible to put up an ad-wall.
show me one example that DRM ever worked for streaming services and wasn't immediately cracked
I get the feeling we are now talking about two different things. If by "cracked" you mean that someone can rip and redistribute the content once they get access to it, sure, it's very hard to protect against that.
What I mean is: it's possible to restrict access to the service so that you cannot watch a video unless you've played the ad first or you are a paying customer. As an example: Netflix or any of the movie streaming platforms. There's no add-on or special browser that allows you to use Netflix without being a paying customer, and if YouTube implements their plan, they can make it so you won't be able to circumvent it just by using Firefox, like you claimed.