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minus-squareTetra@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoGuess I’m getting banned then, I will never disable my adblockers, the internet (and Youtube especially) is goddamn unusable without them.
minus-squaresimple@lemmy.mywire.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThis is where VPNs come into play. You can ban me all you want, I’ll just come back with a different IP. I’d much rather sink money into a bunch of VPN providers than disable my adblocker or worse, pay YouTube.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI don’t quite understand how they’re gonna “ban” you if you’re not logged in. Which you can accomplish with an incognito tab. What are they gonna do, block the IP?
minus-squarerwhitisissle@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago What are they gonna do, block the IP? This is exactly what they will do, yes.
minus-squarenevemsenki@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWith carrier grade NATs, they’d block a bunch of people, even subscribers…
minus-squarestom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOh no! I’ll have to restart my router and come back 60 seconds later with another IP! Let them block the poor rando who gets my IP next. (They won’t do this for exactly that reason)
Guess I’m getting banned then, I will never disable my adblockers, the internet (and Youtube especially) is goddamn unusable without them.
This is where VPNs come into play. You can ban me all you want, I’ll just come back with a different IP.
I’d much rather sink money into a bunch of VPN providers than disable my adblocker or worse, pay YouTube.
I don’t quite understand how they’re gonna “ban” you if you’re not logged in. Which you can accomplish with an incognito tab. What are they gonna do, block the IP?
This is exactly what they will do, yes.
With carrier grade NATs, they’d block a bunch of people, even subscribers…
Oh no! I’ll have to restart my router and come back 60 seconds later with another IP! Let them block the poor rando who gets my IP next.
(They won’t do this for exactly that reason)