YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps

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YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps
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That argument was in fact made when VCRs first came out. I don’t remember how exactly it played out but in the end the courts here in the US said that VCRs were fine.

At least a few TV service DVRs stop you from skipping ads.

Some even from forwarding at all through the actual content...