I have every right to try to block YouTube ads and YouTube has every right to tr...

squigz · 2025-06-21T00:57:25 1750467445

No they do not have that right. They do not have the right to try to circumvent what I'm telling my browser to do. If they don't like what it's doing, they can block me from the platform.

UltraSane · 2025-06-21T18:17:03 1750529823

At the most fundamental they have the right to send or not send video data to you.

dbbk · 2025-06-21T19:10:22 1750533022

They could very easily just ban ad blockers from the Chrome extension store, but they haven't

UltraSane · 2025-06-21T21:27:03 1750541223

Serious people use Firefox and uBlock Origin.

redml · 2025-06-21T21:38:29 1750541909

im sure that's for antitrust reasons.

rasz · 2025-06-21T04:02:16 1750478536

Problem is Google also controls what used to be called "user agent".

UltraSane · 2025-06-21T18:16:32 1750529792

I use Firefox and uBlock Origin

k12sosse · 2025-06-20T23:08:33 1750460913

And they too, to try to stop people using their platform from doing so.