• @VinnyDaCat
    link
    3528 days ago

    We should be more grateful for these people. Our adblockers function because they don’t bother using them.

    The moment that most of society starts using adblockers is the moment they become defunct when the big corporations begin actively fighting them. I’ve already witnessed this with YouTube Vanced/Revanced.

    • @MeaanBeaan
      link
      428 days ago

      What’s wrong with youtube vanced? It works just fine for me.

      • @VinnyDaCat
        link
        9
        edit-2
        28 days ago

        How long have you been using it?

        I’ve been using it for years. About six months ago or somewhere around that, YouTube started a small campaign against adblockers though. In that campaign, they actually forced Vanced to rebrand to Revanced due to a lawsuit. It was in this time that through the campaign more people became aware of adblockers.

        This actually sucked for users like me. The amount of times I’d have to repatch Revanced due to the constant updates was awful. It’s more stable now, but if this ever happens again it will be annoying.

        If people bring attention back to adblockers, then it will be like this again. Sites will be threatening legal action and restructuring themselves to break adblockers, while adblockers will have to constantly update in order to stay functional.

        • voxel
          link
          fedilink
          227 days ago

          vanced did not “rebrand” into revanced.
          revanced is a whole new thing build from the ground up

        • @MeaanBeaan
          link
          128 days ago

          Interesting. It’s maybe been like a year or so for me. I have had to repatch a couple times. Good to know I got more bullshit to look forward to.