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YouTube Reportedly Bypassing Ad Blockers On Google Chrome

Posted by samzenpus on from the watch-this dept.

An anonymous reader writes: YouTube users have lit up twitter today, angry about an apparent change of policy by Google, which now seems to be showing ads in front of videos on YouTube even when using Adblock. Neowin reports: "Google's workaround seems to be applicable to all similar extensions and isn't exclusive to just AdBlock Plus. The company has not stopped at just skirting the extension, however. Users with AdBlock enabled will now have to see full-length video ads with no option to skip them half-way through, a feature YouTube has offered for a very long time. The only way to get the option back is to disable AdBlock, or to whitelist YouTube."

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  1. Back to Firefox by Calydor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, that's how you kill your own browser off, Google.

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    1. Re:Back to Firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It was obvious to me, from the beginning, that the purpose of Chrome is to bypass adblocker technology. It was not a coincidence that Chrome was announced not long after adblocking on Firefox really began to block out nearly everything.

    2. Re:Back to Firefox by E-Rock · · Score: 5, Insightful

      We see Google in so many places that most people don't know that (financially) they're an ad company. All of the other businesses feed back into their money making line of business.

  2. Re:Only affects "Youtube app" in chrome by IamTheRealMike · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which means it's probably not even intentional.

  3. Re:Only affects "Youtube app" in chrome by wimconradie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, I also just read that. Very misleading article and subject. The last paragraph says it only affects YouTube "app", so I feel it is a purposefully abuse of a catchy subject. At the uploader: Please change the subject!

  4. Re:LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since when does visiting a site give the site-owner any rights at all? Jesus Christ, the sense of entitlement of some people!

  5. Re:LOL by Reaperducer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Their site, their rules. Don't like it? Go start your own Tube.

    Since when does opening a browser window give a site-visitor any rights to content for free? Jesus Christ, the sense of entitlement of some people!

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