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YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers
(www.howtogeek.com)
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That would be quite a funny strategy that they could definitely implement. Creepy as hell but clever.
They know everything you do and look at, so they know if you're the sort of person that would look up a fix for this or just take it on the nose. If they realize you're looking at articles about the problem they just turn the function off.
I guess that's possible, and a very creepy thought, but more likely they saw the level of general attention on the issue and backed off globally.