YouTube vs. Adblock : Futility Evolved

Jason Knight
CodeX
Published in
12 min readJan 31, 2024

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After my little hit piece on Intel’s derpy marketing, I’ve had a number of folks asking me what I think of YouTube’s current attempts at anti-adblock . Now, I’m an adblock advocate because I trust advertisers about as far as I can throw the USS Iowa. I’m old enough a user to remember the days of popup hell, every single ad service being riddled with malware, and the endless stream of “in your face” scam artist bullshit…

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Jason Knight
CodeX

Accessibility and Efficiency Consultant, Web Developer, Musician, and just general pain in the arse