this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2023
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as soon as they start doing some sort of client verification it's over for ad blockers
They can't afford to do anything that would lose them a large slice of viewers. Same reason websites still support IE.
It's funny you mention that since YouTube led the web in dropping support for IE 6: https://blog.chriszacharias.com/a-conspiracy-to-kill-ie6
That kind of thing isn't quite in their DNA anymore, but you never know.