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Google continues the war against its own users.
by znpy 2y ago
Google continues the war against its own users.
- lsllc 2y agoIf you look here [0], it seems that they've stopped fighting [or lost] the ad-blocker arms-race, so that's something at least! [0] https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/ https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/
- _old_dude_ 2y agoThey have just changed the angle of attack by baning effective ad-blockers from chrome https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-starts-deprecating-older-more-capable-chrome-extensions-next-week/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-starts-deprec...
- TriangleEdge 2y agoI don't know for sure, but I assume the people of Google like that there isn't much of an alternative to YT. Waging war on your users seem to be a bad way to keep your monopoly. I'd accept that the reason YouTube is adding more friction is because the revenueOfNewChanges() > currentRevenue(). To me, it seems that YouTube is in a "race to the bottom" to hit the dopamine receptor of the masses. It's why it's competing with TikTok.