YT wot

[ceagle]

Apparently today is the day. YouToob has been talking about blocking ad blockers for a while, and yesterday everything was smooth... but as of this evening, it is complaining. I don't actually have an ad blocker running, but I use Vivaldi and Opera most of the time, and they have some ad-blocking features built in that work to some extent, even if not fully.

Ironically, YT has for a LONG time accepted payments from ad-blocker companies to sell those tools!

Looks like it will be an adventure now to find out how to view YT enjoyably. I like to have a balance, and not too much insanity with the interruptions. Will have to see if there's a way to still achieve that. Experiments ahead!

Comments

[hastka.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've noticed a couple places that at least attempt to guilt you into compliance by saying "we rely on ads" and giving you the option of "continue without supporting us." But it seems like even NYT and its ilk are starting to adwall things. I guess they can't gouge so many people $2.50 or whatever for their print copies, so fair enough that they need to get the money from elsewhere, but I'm not paying for a subscription to something that 1) google sent me to based on the full text they're not letting me see, and 2) I use for one article a month, MAYBE. I dunno. I guess I'm cynical though.