YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to "suboptimal viewing."

YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don’t turn off your ad-blocker::YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to “suboptimal viewing.”

  • @[email protected]English
    18•8 months ago

    in the short term they work, but YouTube can cut those 3rd party apps access at any time for any reason. Use Peertube for the better long term.

    • Lettuce eat lettuceEnglish
      2•8 months ago

      I thought All three of the ones I listed weren’t reliant on YT APIs and instead scraped their content.

      Edit: Just confirmed both NewPipe and Freetube do not use YouTube’s api. I’m not sure about GrayJay though.

        • Lettuce eat lettuceEnglish
          2•8 months ago

          Possible maybe, but at that point if YT bascially becomes paywalled I will just stop using it entirely like I did with Reddit.