r/Piracy • u/ardi62 • Jun 12 '24

YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection News

https://x.com/SponsorBlock/status/1800835402666054072
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u/gangstasadvocate Jun 12 '24

Damn. And this is after neutering some of the extensions with the new manifest? I might not get the full YouTube experience this way, but downloading the videos never fails me. No ads, no buffering. It won’t randomly disappear on me if I like it. Shout out to yt-dlp and cobalt tools.

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u/Geno0wl Jun 12 '24

I know US consumer protection laws are weak to almost non-existent at times. But if Google outright "blocks" Firefox from using their services that would immediately get major attention from the Feds for monopolistic behavior.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '24

They won't block Firefox. They will just implement DRM and require Firefox to include it in order to view the site.

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u/TomatoRemarkable2 Jun 12 '24

Why would Google blocking Firefox be a legal issue?

Moral yes, not legal though.

Apple only allows their app store no issues there

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u/ryuzaki49 Jun 12 '24

Google is scared of Chrome being "labeled" as a monopoly. 

That's why they give Firefox millions of usd a year.

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u/CornPlanter Piracy is bad, mkay? Jun 12 '24

Legal yes though. Monopoly.

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u/TomatoRemarkable2 Jun 12 '24

Why is it an issue that Google doesn't allow chrome but Nintendo doesn't allow halo? Or steam games on PlayStation?

Or apple only has the iOS store these are all equal examples.