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YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers
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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2024
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Hence Google's proposal to DRM the web
And people's response has shown its not easy or even working.
in tech*. most people don't even know or care about it
That’s far less true now that they’re breaking the functionality of tons of adblockers that it was a few years ago.
most normies i know don't care about it.
i have no idea how they use the internet without them, but here we are.
Yep, most of my non-tech friends just say "Ads? Oh yeah, I don't even notice them anymore, I got so used to them." whenever that topic pops up in a conversation.
ive got the "ads are cool so benevolent facebook can keep our beloved skinner box free!" type of answer.
they really did brainwash the normies.