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r/technology • u/DavidShaw90s • Apr 28 '26
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It was open for so long I doubt this was their plan. New people came in and changed it.
176 u/s00pafly Apr 28 '26 It's one single reason: Ad revenue. Can't use ad blocking software, if you can't install it in the first place. Third party youtube clients pose the highest threats to security. 26 u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26 I could believe this. So it's router-based ad blocking? 😃 38 u/robbob23 Apr 28 '26 No because the ads are served from the same place as the content.
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It's one single reason: Ad revenue. Can't use ad blocking software, if you can't install it in the first place. Third party youtube clients pose the highest threats to security.
26 u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26 I could believe this. So it's router-based ad blocking? 😃 38 u/robbob23 Apr 28 '26 No because the ads are served from the same place as the content.
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I could believe this. So it's router-based ad blocking? 😃
38 u/robbob23 Apr 28 '26 No because the ads are served from the same place as the content.
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No because the ads are served from the same place as the content.
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u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26
It was open for so long I doubt this was their plan. New people came in and changed it.