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YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 3 months ago by downpunxx@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world

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YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

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[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Ive had no issues with Brave Browser on my Desktop, but NewPipe on Mobile has been all over the place the past few weeks.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Every other post about Ad blocking has someone pitching Brave.

Brave has experienced some controversies over time, including the CEO having problematic political views; alleged sales of copyrighted data for AI model training; auto-completing typed-in URLs to affiliate links that generate revenue for Brave; content creators receiving unsolicited donations they couldn’t collect; and automatically installing their VPN service without the user’s consent.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Brave is also, you know, run by probably one of the worlds most evil people.

Peter Thiel.

The guy who is part of a group of people (including JD Vance) who wants to hook you up (using bff elon's neuralink) and use your body as a biofuel source instead of just killing you. As a "more humane alternative to genocide"

PS. This isn't a joke.

https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas

[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Pipepipe on f-droid is kept much more up to date in my experience. It's a fork so basically the same

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

NewPipe had to deal with some thing YouTube did to break things. And they fixed them super quick. Last time I had a video not work, I visited the GitHub site and saw there was a new release from 11 minutes ago. Installed it and the video worked perfectly.