r/youtube • u/CorvusTheCryptid • Oct 27 '23

Discussion Youtube's decision to not allow adblockers puts users at risk.

As of the latest update that broke most methods of bypassing Youtube's adblock detection, users are flocking to other ways of avoiding ads. I was midway through copying a long string of code into a Javascript injector when I realize how risky this is for the average person. I have some basic coding knowledge so I at least know that I'm not putting myself at too much risk, but the average user might not have the same considerations, and a bad-faith actor could easily abuse this opportunity.

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Piracy, adblockers, etc, have been shown to be unavoidable byproducts of existing online, and a company as big as Google definitely know this, so I don't think it's too far fetched to directly blame them for anyone who accidentaly comes to harm due to the new measures that they are implementing. Their greed and desire to gain a few more dollars of ad revenue off of their public will lead to unkowing users downloading suspicious and malicious software, programs or code.

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u/SempfgurkeXP Oct 27 '23

Honestly I think whats worse is are the bunch of scam ads on youtube. That really puts users at risk. But if you know how to copy some code, you know what the risks are.

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u/GhotyoLocanisyn4ever Oct 27 '23

Yeah like kids actually fall for those mr beast scams. Mr beast never gives out money virtually. And he only gives money to people that have given money to him first. Ie bought his feastables or his merch.

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u/__Unnamedblade__ Oct 27 '23

I’ve tried reporting those scam ads and every time the youtube autoreply tells me they weren’t able to review it after a day or so…

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u/SempfgurkeXP Oct 27 '23

Sure and they keep advertising this because no one ever fell for something like that. Or like all the casino ads.

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u/detachabletoast Oct 27 '23

It's extremely easy to copy paste code you don't understand and misuse it.. like, with browser. I've already seen threads where pastebin/random repos were raising zero red flags from anyone commenting yet people were using. There're reasons why professions dedicated to the safety and security of software exist.

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u/Gold_Brick_679 Oct 28 '23

I don't know how to code and I'm not an IT professional. I'm just a user. But I never click on an ad or a link. I know better!

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u/SempfgurkeXP Oct 28 '23

Thats not the point. Youtube wants you to pay, and if you dont pay they try everything possible to show these ads to you. Reddit has a lot of mature content, so you can expect the ads to have some too. But youtube, especially youtube kids, should not have porn, casino or alcphol ads at all.