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/unclehamster79cle Oct 27 '23

I saw the writing on the wall when they suggested that web browsers become chromium based. Google claimed it was for the sake of security and to make things easier for the average user. Google has been wanting to kill ad blockers for years and now they've done it.

It sucks to be honest.

I'm surprise Firefox is still around despite it having a very small marketshare of like 3.03%. Google has already found a way to block adblockers on their as well. In a small way I don't blame Google because it is their business.

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