Google's anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

Google’s anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

  • CaptObvious@literature.cafe
    1·
    1 year ago

    So far a Firefox workaround seems to be copying the URL into a fresh private browser window.

    It may not be enough to matter, but a not-insignificant number of users will simply abandon YouTube if this keeps up.

    • badelf@lemmy.ml
      0·
      1 year ago

      Allready done. 😃 Some puts a YouTube link, I just scroll past. Can’t be that important if it’s on boobtube