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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. (www.engadget.com)

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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube's dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there's an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.

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[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago

"against all odds" my left asshole. This is always the way of hacker vs defense, it's always an arms race and the attacking side always has the advantage.

[-] dosaki@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

How many assholes do you have?

[-] Dempf@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago

A left one and a right one.

[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And a center one. Well, that's what I call myself. The central asshole.

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