Why is youtube-dl blocked

[Owen Thomas]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 08:58, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 00:57, Jose I Diaz Bardales <
> jose.dbardales at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Hmmm... I have seen that Youtube does seem to be fighting my adblocker
>> > too. It was kind of fun while it lasted, but alas.
>> >
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>> That is correct.
>> https://9to5google.com/2023/10/31/youtube-ad-blockers-launch/
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> Hmmm...
>
> It's obvious Youtube is "testing" one's browser to see whether or not it
> responds in a way that would indicate ads are being blocked. Why, then,
> would it be technically unfeasible to pretend to Youtube that one is not
> blocking ads when in fact one is?
>
> I just don't think Youtube has rumbled the ad blockers just because it
> "insists" with a popup window that ad blockers be removed; the universe
> doesn't seem to work that way.
>

Personally, I would rather switch windows to something more interesting
when a blank screen is displayed for 30 seconds than have an ugly ad in my
face screaming for me to buy this or that.
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