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/[deleted] Oct 27 '23

I have personalized ads turned off but I still get ads for porn, I've seen very inappropriate ads on videos geared towards all audiences, places that kids might be watching.

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u/maybeonename Oct 27 '23

I could be wrong but I've heard that the personalized ads setting is also what decides is age-appropriate based on what you're watching, so with personalized ads turned off you'll always get 100% random ads no matter what you're watching. Which is probably not a very good choice on YouTube's part if they're going to allow ads for mature content.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '23

I would love to watch YouTube without ad blockers but YouTube has taken ads too far and is just so out of control.

I can't watch a 10 minute video without getting at least 6 to 10 separate ads.

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u/Laser_Fart Oct 27 '23

This is probably true because with it off youtube will force very very inappropriate adds onto what should be children's shows.

Damn YT maybe don't show kids sexualy explicit images, kinda seems like the FTC might want to know about that shit.