• BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    youtube has been actively fighting ad blockers for over a decade. what’s this “preparing”?

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      1 year ago

      At this scale? I can’t personally had a problem blocking their ads. Yet…

    • glockenspiel@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well, fair enough point. But Google is preparing to actually become actionable and start issuing sweeping user bans.

      I’m a dev. I know people who’ve run afoul of Google and had their accounts banned. They lose access to everything with zero recourse.

      And it means they have to find new jobs because enterprise Google accounts are also affected. Especially if they are Android developers.

      Google also has methods to trace people down if they make new accounts. That presumably extends to people accessing information without accounts. People are incredibly easy to finger print with just their browser and all the data it surrenders as a standard.

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        1 year ago

        I know people who’ve run afoul of Google and had their accounts banned. They lose access to everything with zero recourse.

        That reminds me, gotta go pick up my Google Takeout.

        But would they really only go after people who are logged into their Google account? Because then it’s a simple matter of opening an incognito tab. And then they either let it go, or take it to next level by banning anonymous visitors by IP, or tip their hand and reveal that they spy on you in incognito tabs. Either way it’s gonna go well with popcorn.