L4sBotNov 22, 2023

YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker

https://lemmy.world/post/8582727

YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker - Lemmy.World

YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don’t turn off your ad-blocker::YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to “suboptimal viewing.”

Show threadLettuce eat lettuceNov 22, 2023
Loving Freetube, Newpipe, and Grayjay more and more every day!
Show threadrob299Nov 22, 2023
in the short term they work, but YouTube can cut those 3rd party apps access at any time for any reason. Use Peertube for the better long term.
Show threadLettuce eat lettuceNov 22, 2023
I thought All three of the ones I listed weren’t reliant on YT APIs and instead scraped their content.
Show threadrob299
Even the scrapping in theory could be restricted. I might be wrong there.
Nov 22, 2023 at 8:13pmWeb
Show threadLettuce eat lettuceNov 22, 2023
Possible maybe, but at that point if YT bascially becomes paywalled I will just stop using it entirely like I did with Reddit.