YouTube confirms three-strikes test for ad blocking, here's how it works
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YouTube has confirmed that it's testing a three-strikes policy for blocking ads. It's also outlined how this policy will work.

Whelp, here we go again

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Feels like every year corporations rely on the naivety of youth in an attempt to push more and more egregious shit.

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Exactly right they’re normalizing ads in everything. They’re indoctrinating the youth, who don’t know any better or differently, into just accepting/expecting that all content in all forms comes with ads, and you can’t watch any of it without signing in so they can track you and sell your data.

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