Hi all,
As the title says, YouTube is trying to restrict ad-blockers. But the ones that I am using are freely available through Chrome WebStore. Both Chrome and YouTube are owned by Google. Why would a company try to fight an issue with one subsidiary while giving us an out for the same issue through another?
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I think it’s because adblockers became available before Google acquired YouTube. Now it owns YouTube it’s walking a fine line between trying to maintain Chrome’s competitiveness and raking in cash through YouTube. As is often the case, different departments in a big company don’t necessarily talk to each other or even like each other. My guess would be YouTube is pushing Chrome to completely remove adblocking extensions but Chrome has its own annual goals to reach and damn if it’s going to let the new kid on the block dictate what they do.
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