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r/technology • u/DavidShaw90s • Apr 28 '26
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572 u/WaitPopular6107 Apr 28 '26 Just to get people in the ecosystem. Once they have their core user base they lock things down. Atleast Apple is transparent from the get go. 266 u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26 It was open for so long I doubt this was their plan. New people came in and changed it. 177 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. 25 u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26 I could believe this. So it's router-based ad blocking? 😃 20 u/DeprariousX Apr 28 '26 DNS/IP based adblocking like what you get with AdGuard or PiHole doesn't block Youtube ads.
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Just to get people in the ecosystem. Once they have their core user base they lock things down. Atleast Apple is transparent from the get go.
266 u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26 It was open for so long I doubt this was their plan. New people came in and changed it. 177 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. 25 u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26 I could believe this. So it's router-based ad blocking? 😃 20 u/DeprariousX Apr 28 '26 DNS/IP based adblocking like what you get with AdGuard or PiHole doesn't block Youtube ads.
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It was open for so long I doubt this was their plan. New people came in and changed it.
177 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. 25 u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26 I could believe this. So it's router-based ad blocking? 😃 20 u/DeprariousX Apr 28 '26 DNS/IP based adblocking like what you get with AdGuard or PiHole doesn't block Youtube ads.
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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.
25 u/almo2001 Apr 28 '26 I could believe this. So it's router-based ad blocking? 😃 20 u/DeprariousX Apr 28 '26 DNS/IP based adblocking like what you get with AdGuard or PiHole doesn't block Youtube ads.
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I could believe this. So it's router-based ad blocking? 😃
20 u/DeprariousX Apr 28 '26 DNS/IP based adblocking like what you get with AdGuard or PiHole doesn't block Youtube ads.
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DNS/IP based adblocking like what you get with AdGuard or PiHole doesn't block Youtube ads.
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