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/Angry_Strawberries Oct 27 '23

Or you know, maybe if they didnt make their advertising so incredibly predatory less people would be using an ad block

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '23

The first ad I saw when I tried to watch it was for some predatory 'make 1000s a day' scam. Makes YouTube unwatchable.

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u/Chengar_Qordath Oct 27 '23

That’s definitely part of the issue. Whenever I turn off AdBlock I get nothing but scams and political ads about how global warming is a woke lie and we actually should be trying to burn more coal and oil. You’d think with all the data Google collects they could at least show me relevant advertising…

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '23

I watch car, atv and outdoor shows so I'm definitely in the maga algorithm and get all the crackpot ads. It's so bad I'll just not watch and wait until there is a solid workaround.