moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoYouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaroundwww.tomsguide.comexternal-linkmessage-square270fedilinkarrow-up1618arrow-down1158
arrow-up1460arrow-down1external-linkYouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaroundwww.tomsguide.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square270fedilink
minus-squarebossjack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI don’t work on uBlock or even webdev but it doesn’t take much of a stretch to think YouTube’s servers will refuse to immediately transmit a video stream after the webpage is requested; probably waiting for a typical user to skip 2 30-sec ads.
I don’t work on uBlock or even webdev but it doesn’t take much of a stretch to think YouTube’s servers will refuse to immediately transmit a video stream after the webpage is requested; probably waiting for a typical user to skip 2 30-sec ads.