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		acdha on Dec 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-... It doesn’t prevent Google from tracking you in any way. The most you could say is that if YouTube is loading third-party ad network it’ll prevent those services from tracking you, but that’s not especially useful when Google can resell your data to the same company.

Moldoteck on Dec 7, 2023 [–]

if it doesn't prevent, why it includes trackers that are blocked in this case? Not including them is easier than including & maintaining, no?

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