Comment on What the fuck happened to YouTube!?
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Use Firefox. Use ublock origin extension. Use sponsorblock.
On iOS Safari extension Adblock. Plenty available.
I have not seen an ad in years. Decades even.
Comment on What the fuck happened to YouTube!?
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Use Firefox. Use ublock origin extension. Use sponsorblock.
On iOS Safari extension Adblock. Plenty available.
I have not seen an ad in years. Decades even.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I don’t think adblockers existed in 2004 but ok. Extensions might have been a brand new concept…
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
lol yes they did.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The first one I’ve ever heard of was ad block plus, which initially released October 23, 2005.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus
But sure I’m sure you’ve been using adblockers since 1992
Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
10 seconds of googling:
adguard.com/en/blog/ad-blocking-history.html
i mean the fact its called adblock plus is kind of a give away that it probably wasnt the first