System-level ad-blocking in Android(kevinboone.me)
45 points by birdculture | 31 comments
Kevin Boone's article explaining how to block ads system-wide on Android in 2026 using DNS-based methods rather than per-app blockers.
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Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update(0x44.xyz)
941 points by deryilz | 816 comments
Blog post describing a Chrome bug that let extensions keep using webRequestBlocking to bypass Manifest V3's restrictions on adblockers.
Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads
585 points by rKarpinski | 635 comments
Show HN post presenting Ad Accelerator, a Chrome extension that mutes, speeds up 10x, and skips YouTube video ads, with links to the Web Store and GitHub code.
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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers(bleepingcomputer.com)
542 points by jacooper | 1050 comments
BleepingComputer news article reporting that YouTube is testing blocking video playback for users who run ad blockers unless they disable them.
YouTube is a mysterious monopoly(anderegg.ca)
338 points by geerlingguy | 432 comments
Blog post discussing a recent drop in YouTube views reported by creators like Adrian Black and Jeff Geerling, and YouTube's opaque monopoly position.
YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers(androidpolice.com)
857 points by prhrb | 350 comments
Android Police news article reporting that YouTube is testing a three-strikes policy that blocks video playback for users running ad blockers.
YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin(andadinosaur.com)
581 points by mrzool | 596 comments
Blog post by Zhenyi Tan documenting what he knows about YouTube's escalating anti-adblock measures and how uBlock Origin responds to them.
YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos(blog.youtube)
1272 points by nopg | 764 comments
Announcement about YouTube automatically detecting and labeling AI-generated videos for viewers and creators.
YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs(old.reddit.com)
348 points by jjbinx007 | 318 comments
A Reddit r/DataHoarder thread about YouTube removing videos that show how to perform nonstandard Windows 11 installs; the page was blocked by Reddit's network policy.