dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoYouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blockedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up1428arrow-down19
arrow-up1419arrow-down1external-linkYouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blockedarstechnica.comdvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square247fedilink
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·7 months agoHowso? You think even in the event this wasn’t being scraped, that there isn’t a single dev from YouTube, or a YouTube adjacent team possibly here? There’s a large (relative) tech worker user base on Lemmy.
minus-squareHucklebee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·edit-27 months agoIt was a joke. And I think they are very much aware of uBlock. Unhooked got recommended to me by a Youtube video. They know.
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIf they’re going to find it on lemmy they’re going to find it anywhere. Also, they already know about ublock origin, and its unlikely they’d even care about unhooked, since it doesn’t block ads.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·7 months ago“there’s all this litter on the ground I’ll just throw my litter”
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoNot a remotely relevant comparison, and even if it was, completely ignores my second point.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-27 months agoIf you suck at critical thinking sure Edit I’m not obligated to address every point, this aint debate club
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agomaybe I do suck at it. could you explain it to me?
Howso? You think even in the event this wasn’t being scraped, that there isn’t a single dev from YouTube, or a YouTube adjacent team possibly here?
There’s a large (relative) tech worker user base on Lemmy.
It was a joke.
And I think they are very much aware of uBlock. Unhooked got recommended to me by a Youtube video.
They know.
If they’re going to find it on lemmy they’re going to find it anywhere. Also, they already know about ublock origin, and its unlikely they’d even care about unhooked, since it doesn’t block ads.
“there’s all this litter on the ground I’ll just throw my litter”
Not a remotely relevant comparison, and even if it was, completely ignores my second point.
If you suck at critical thinking sure
Edit I’m not obligated to address every point, this aint debate club
maybe I do suck at it. could you explain it to me?