YouTube Reportedly Bypassing Ad Blockers On Google Chrome

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 7, 2015 @06:10AM 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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Re:Only affects "Youtube app" in chrome by rudy_wayne · 2015-09-07 06:54 · Score: 4, Interesting

FTFA, this change only affects the YouTube "app" installed in Chrome. Uninstall the app and you're golden.
WTF?
Why do you need a Youtube app?
Re:Only affects "Youtube app" in chrome by fnj · 2015-09-07 07:32 · Score: 4, Interesting

WTF?
Why do you need a Youtube app?
Somebody answer this. I want to know what the fuck is the point of this shitty "app". Are we talking about android crap, or a proper computer?