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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't there an EU ruling recently, that blocking users from accessing content just because they use an adblocker is illegal?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not aware of any, and legislating that private enterprises have to provide their services fo free would violate the constitution of most EU countries.

I believe there is an EU ruling that ad-blocking can't be illegal, because users can't be forced to download and run code they don't want on their PC's.