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eviks on July 13, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

It has never been ad-free, sponsored segments have always existed

arccy on July 13, 2025 [–]

you should blame the creators for being greedy, not YouTube for that

eviks on July 13, 2025 | [–]

YT sets the rules of what content is allowed and sets the level of deception in their marketing regarding this "ours vs theirs" distinction in ads, so feel free to blame it as well.

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