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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Talos ( @talos@lemmy.world )

TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago

YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.

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defederated

I’m not sure I understand what defederated means in this context. Can you explain it?
- hschen ( @hschen@sopuli.xyz )
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  think they meant to say decentralized
  - artaxadepressedhorse ( @artaxadepressedhorse@lemmyngs.social )
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    yes, my brain apparently couldn’t decide between decentralized and federated, so it mooshed them together

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