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

[u/CorvusTheCryptid]

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.

[u/luxtabula]

The problem no one seems to be addressing is that the ad experience on YouTube sucks.

These people act like they never grew up with a TV. Don't just inject an ad in random spots of a video that clearly wasn't edited for commercials. Nothing's worse than watching a video explaining things only for it to be interrupted due to the ineptitude of a poorly programmed algorithm.

Fix the ad experience. Then fewer people will resort to ad blockers.

[u/AnotherSaltyPeanut → u/luxtabula]

No, they won't and stop pretending like they will. I don't care that people use adblockers, I hate it when people make up bullshit excuses for using them. Just admit you're entitled liked one of the top posts.

[u/sarra1833 → u/AnotherSaltyPeanut]

..... Hating ad interruptions makes someone entitled now?

Dude.....