YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking (Update)
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A Redditor has discovered a popup on YouTube, warning them of a three-strikes policy for blocking ads. YouTube has since confirmed the test.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been wondering if automated download tools will be subject to this. I run Downie and youtube-dl on my Mac. Both have escaped ads until now. I haven’t yet run into the ad-block-block to test if they can get around it.

    • fabian_drinks_milk@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think youtube-dl (or yt-dlp) takes frame buffers from watching the video and just glues them together. I don’t think there is much Google could, they have already tried to take it off GitHub before.

  • Salad@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you don’t mind paying ~2$ a month, you can get Family Premium using a VPN (I used India)

    Current working method from HUKD: (Private/Incognito browser is best)

    Create a new Google Account. Enter card details. Enter a fake billing address, any random address generator will do, as long as it’s from the correct region. Then select Try it Free. Navigate to YouTube, press YouTube Premium, and double-check that everything is in the right currency. Enter the same credit card and address information you used for creating the new Google Account. Click Buy 👍

    You can then add your main Google account as a family member.👍

    HUKD link