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YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker (www.businessinsider.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Since this whole debacle started, they've just made ad blockers more prevalent to people who didn't know about them. Ad blocker use is actually up now compared to when they started making this a big deal. So, in a way, they actually screwed themselves.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, the good ol' Streisand effect.