• Iconoclast@feddit.uk
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    3 hours ago

    Apparently there is a way around it as I’ve been watching YouTube all day and haven’t encountered a single ad.

    • FG_3479@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      YouTube has been shadowbanning ad blocker users, where you comments appear to post but actually haven’t, for a while now.

      I think the issue is with the EasyPrivacy list blocking the heartbeat signals that tell YouTube you are actually someone interacting with the page and not a bot.

      Brave doesn’t seem to have this issue as they whitelist those scripts but it has other issues so I recommend keeping it as a YouTube only browser.