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Zhenyi Tan talks about Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin:

Recently, YouTube has been ramping up its anti-adblock effort, and I’ve been watching this closely due to personal interest. This blog post is where I write down what I know.

I’ll let you read it, it explains a bit how that works.

In short Google started blocking ad blockers on YouTube, but the blockers fought back. It’s a cat and mouse game where Google is going against a community of volunteers. It seems also that the “community” has some toxic elements causing some to leave.

Also it’s not only about ads. It’s also about tracking.

But who will stop first. It’s a good question.

Maybe that’s how YouTube will win this war of attrition.

Personally I got hit by it for a few days, pissing me off, and then uBlock Origin updated. Without that, I’d have moved away from YouTube. I already did when I didn’t have Flash to play the videos.