withersailor@aussie.zone to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoYouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blockingwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10cross-posted to: hdev@lemmy.worldfucksubscriptions@lemmy.world
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkYouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blockingwww.androidauthority.comwithersailor@aussie.zone to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: hdev@lemmy.worldfucksubscriptions@lemmy.world
minus-squareTetra@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoGuess I’m getting banned then, I will never disable my adblockers, the internet (and Youtube especially) is goddamn unusable without them.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI don’t quite understand how they’re gonna “ban” you if you’re not logged in. Which you can accomplish with an incognito tab. What are they gonna do, block the IP?
minus-squarerwhitisissle@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago What are they gonna do, block the IP? This is exactly what they will do, yes.
minus-squarestom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOh no! I’ll have to restart my router and come back 60 seconds later with another IP! Let them block the poor rando who gets my IP next. (They won’t do this for exactly that reason)
minus-squarenevemsenki@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWith carrier grade NATs, they’d block a bunch of people, even subscribers…
Guess I’m getting banned then, I will never disable my adblockers, the internet (and Youtube especially) is goddamn unusable without them.
I don’t quite understand how they’re gonna “ban” you if you’re not logged in. Which you can accomplish with an incognito tab. What are they gonna do, block the IP?
This is exactly what they will do, yes.
Oh no! I’ll have to restart my router and come back 60 seconds later with another IP! Let them block the poor rando who gets my IP next.
(They won’t do this for exactly that reason)
With carrier grade NATs, they’d block a bunch of people, even subscribers…