I think there might be something glitchy with Artemis.camp’s federation of this article. Lemmy.world and kbin.social is showing this as a generic YouTube thumb, but Artemis.camp, both in and out of the app, is showing two nude women smoking in a bar.
I just went to yt’s front page, which I haven’t done in a long while (usually use NewPipe or use a direct link). There is a LOT of garbage on there. I mean, holy crap! It’s not the creators’ fault, I know. The Algorithm decides, and they must appease The Algorithm. Still, though. And, now, this timer bs for the 2% who use adblockers?
Probably wait until the adblockers update their filters to block YouTube’s attempt to block the adblockers. Twitch tried to do the same thing, and now there’s add-ons specifically designed to block that purple banner.
I’m not sure it’ll be that easy. As far as I know circumventing adblock-blockers is a violation under the DMCA :-( . I know some adblockers / block lists in the past have been slapped with DMCA notifications and they’ve subsequently removed the circumventions. See for example this commit to EasyList that removes functionalclam.com from EasyList. Functionalclam.com at the time was a service to block adblocking.
I’m hoping third-party youtube clients will be able to keep things ad-free.
anything owned by eyeo (which now includes non-Origin uBlock alongside AdBlock and AdBlock Plus) will probably consider these “acceptable ads” after not at all getting bribed by google, and the rest are quite literally malware (except a small handful)
How do the 3rd party clients for youtube work? Can they still circumvent the adblock-blockers or where are the "positioned" inside youtube's code? Sorry for the weird terminology, I'm no programmer.
2% of all viewers are using adblock. This isnt about adblock, this is about data and corporate control of ad revenues. YT has also said ads are coming to premium too, lets not forget.
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