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YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps
(www.theverge.com)
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Folks, Just read the extra 55 words in the article. Most of you wont spend a dime on journalism of any kind, at least fully read the articles your interested in.
And give “the verge” some ad revenue? Or potentially have their trackers on my phone/computer? Nah I’m good.
Wait you don't have an ad blocker ? (to be fair I use an adblocker which does pretend to watch and click ads thus giving the verge ad revenue)
My bad i assumed people on this sub had the amateur knowledge required to protect themselves and/or avoid the 5 trackers on the site.
Your right though, if clicking a link to theverge is such a massive risk for you, then not reading articles is probably least of your concerns.
Not much gained tbh
i chose to read the 41 words of your comment instead 😌
This bot is saving me from having to open the "article", try to decipher SEO bullshit modern journalism just to find shitpost like this, eat some ads, and unavoidable (at least on mobile) trackers, js, etc. Also personally hate link posts, i wish people put this kind of summaries in the actual post.
Just ignore/block the bot and move on.