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1. Matt (matt@oslo.town)'s status on Monday, 07-Feb-2022 08:38:17 UTC Matt

   Why does the #Firefox tracking protection, even on Strict mode, not block #YouTube ads. 😢

   I know there’s third party add-ons for desktop that will block the ads, but WHYYYY not the built in one?! 😶

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Feb-2022 08:38:15 UTC Tagomago

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     @matt 'Cause it blocks tracking, not ads?

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Feb-2022 09:07:12 UTC Tagomago

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     @matt @infev Also, as mentioned above, that would mean a 500 M cut on their income. 😓

   • Matt (matt@oslo.town)'s status on Monday, 07-Feb-2022 09:07:14 UTC Matt

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     @infev @tagomago True. Their marketing specifically talks about “ad trackers” and that ads are annoying and slow down page load times - so I guess it’s easy to presume their goal is to block ads as well as trackers - but sure - they’re just blocking trackers.

   • In Development (infev@soc.phreedom.club)'s status on Monday, 07-Feb-2022 09:07:24 UTC In Development

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     @matt maybe because youtube ads are not trackers? Tracking protection should block trackers, not youtube ads