[Arnt]

People keep saying that. There are two problems with that, namely ① Google's own ads are easy to block using the new API and ② the new API is effective at blocking various evil attacks. If Google wanted to get rid of ad blockers, I'm sure they could come up with an API that does a better job than that.

https://textslashplain.com/2024/10/13/content-blocking-in-ma... shows a ten-line ad blocker that blocks Google's ads, https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/discussions/670 is a list of polite email messages from people who'd like to have elevated access to browsers.

[Rohansi]

Don't forget about YouTube!

[crazygringo]

What about YouTube?

uBlock Origin Lite blocks YouTube ads just fine.

[Rohansi]

Not for everyone.

Do you really think Google wouldn't do anything about as blockers? Especially now that no ads is one of the selling points of YouTube Premium?

[crazygringo]

Have you tried? There's a strength setting to the extension. At max strength it's been blocking all YT ads for a while.

And it doesn't matter what I think about it. I'm giving you facts not opinions.