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<blockquote data-quote="Arequire" data-source="post: 1067331" data-attributes="member: 59283">The obstruction is easily circumvented. <a href="https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/" target="_blank">uBlock Origin&#039;s filters are constantly being updated to do so</a>. Eyeo is just refusing to do the same.It&#039;s not illegal though. Eyeo themselves have won <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/20/adblock-plus-v-axel-springer/" target="_blank">time</a> after <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220118005556/en/eyeo-Wins-Landmark-Copyright-Court-Decision-Protects-Digital-Rights-and-Sets-Important-Legal-Precedent-for-Who-%E2%80%98Owns%E2%80%99-HTML" target="_blank">time</a> after <a href="https://resources.eyeo.com/eyeo-wins-appeal" target="_blank">time</a> against various lawsuits (17 in total) attempting to have ad blocking or its underlying functionality declared unlawful. The only repercussion that I can think of is Google removing itself from the AA program (their search ads meet the criteria), resulting in eyeo losing a presumably substantial source of income.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arequire, post: 1067331, member: 59283"] The obstruction is easily circumvented. [URL='https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/']uBlock Origin's filters are constantly being updated to do so[/URL]. Eyeo is just refusing to do the same. It's not illegal though. Eyeo themselves have won [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/20/adblock-plus-v-axel-springer/']time[/URL] after [URL='https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220118005556/en/eyeo-Wins-Landmark-Copyright-Court-Decision-Protects-Digital-Rights-and-Sets-Important-Legal-Precedent-for-Who-%E2%80%98Owns%E2%80%99-HTML']time[/URL] after [URL='https://resources.eyeo.com/eyeo-wins-appeal']time[/URL] against various lawsuits ([I]17[/I] in total) attempting to have ad blocking or its underlying functionality declared unlawful. The only repercussion that I can think of is Google removing itself from the AA program (their search ads meet the criteria), resulting in eyeo losing a presumably substantial source of income. [/QUOTE]

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