YouTube doubles down on enshittification. The site will no longer load videos if it detects ublock origin on your browser.
Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/internet/youtube-is-not-down-its-cracking-down-on-ad-blocker-users-3-ways-to-fix-it
Blair Fix
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2025-11-12 17:26:03 UTC
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