Gregory's Server@sponsorblock "anti-adblock" is functionally a double negative, and as a result I have no idea whether you're talking about measures to block ads or about exempting specific sources from your measures to block ads.
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@jozeldenrust @sponsorblock I believe the first two occurrences of “anti-adblock” should instead be “anti-anti-adblock”. With that, it makes sense. Users use ad-blocking, YouTube counters them using anti-adblock techniques, and users in turn counter with anti-anti-adblock fixes. @mudri @sponsorblock The first one makes sense if the "fix" means countering the countermeasures to your adblocking measures. But since "fix" is ambiguous - it can either mean causing the adblocking measures to work as intended, or causing the countermeasures to work as intended - it gets confusing. I think this message could be improved by making both perspectives and objectives explicit. Use "Alice" and "Bob". Alice wants to watch YouTube without ads, Bob wants to show Alice ads, etc. @jozeldenrust @sponsorblock |
@jozeldenrust "Anti-adblock" is the term of art for techniques deployed by websites to prevent or hinder the site from being usable by people using adblockers, usually by gating content behind a nag screen when they detect an adblocker is in use or disabling access to the site altogether. Users use adblocking measures; websites do things to stop them. The latter is the anti-adblock stuff. The original post discusses ways to get around what youtube is doing specifically, i.e. they're "fixes" to the problems caused by Youtube's anti-adblock measures.
@jozeldenrust "Anti-adblock" is the term of art for techniques deployed by websites to prevent or hinder the site from being usable by people using adblockers, usually by gating content behind a nag screen when they detect an adblocker is in use or disabling access to the site altogether. Users use adblocking measures; websites do things to stop them. The latter is the anti-adblock stuff. The original post discusses ways to get around what youtube is doing specifically, i.e. they're "fixes" to the...