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YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge
The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.
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The Best YouTube Extensions Everyone Should Use
The default YouTube experience on desktop browsers isn’t great. It stuffs annoying YouTube Shorts in your feed, pushes clickbait videos, and lacks the tools you need to fully enjoy the service. From volume boosters to video summarisers, we’ve found an assortment of the best YouTube extensions that will make the site far more useful. YouTube…
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Ad Blocker Ghostery Is Going Open Source To Win Back Some Privacy Points
The ad blocker Ghostery is shaking up its business model and open-sourcing its code in a bid to earn more consumer trust. The company faced criticism last year over its business model, which involved selling anonymized user data to businesses – not the kind of behaviour you’d expect from a privacy tool.
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There’s An Easy Way To Quickly Disable iOS 9’s Content Blocking In Safari
If you’ve got that new and improved iOS 9, then Safari now includes content blocking capabilities. These blockers are enabled or disabled through the Safari section of Settings, but if you want to temporarily view a site in the way its makers intended then there’s a quick shortcut.