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by shiroiuma 970 days ago
>because about a day after whatever change they make, software (that runs on my computer against my data) will catch up.

Exactly: it just takes one bored or determined hacker to investigate their changes and update the ad-blocking software, and suddenly everyone is able to see the videos and block the ads again. The ad-blockers don't seem to have trouble keeping people around to do this work.