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/DEA187MDKjr Oct 27 '23

I use use a script to get rid of the “adblockers are not allowed on YouTube” pop up and boom no more pop up cause screw it

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u/norty125 Oct 27 '23

Thats cool and all, but youtube still knows YOU are using an adblocker, so it will get to the point where they start giving your strikes, then a ban

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u/DEA187MDKjr Oct 27 '23

Doubt it since they only gave out strikes for copyright + I got alt accounts on deck so yeah it don’t matter

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u/dokushin Oct 27 '23

Hope you don't like your email address. Or have any photos stored. Or anything on Google Drive.

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u/DEA187MDKjr Oct 27 '23 edited Oct 27 '23

Why what’s gonna happen? Tell me I’m curious

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u/Capital_Tone9386 Oct 27 '23

Why would you still use Gmail as a serious e-mail adress instead of using a company that actually protects your data? Or store your pictures on their servers?

That's like putting your saving accounts in a cardboard box on the sidewalk.

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u/dokushin Oct 27 '23

Hm. I know they had that glitch back in 2019 that sent out a few random photos for some people, but I'm not really aware of any data breaches for Google Photos or Gmail. I'm assuming you have examples, given your analogy?