Youtube's Anti-adblock is illegal in the EU - eviltoast
Alexander Hanff (@thatprivacyguy@eupolicy.social)
eupolicy.social
Today I filed a formal complaint against #YouTube with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for their illegal deployment of #adblock detection technologies. Under Article 5(3) of 2002/58/EC YouTube are legally obligated to obtain consent before storing or accessing information already stored on an end user's terminal equipment unless it is strictly necessary for the provisions of the requested service. In 2016 the EU Commission confirmed in writing that adblock detection requires consent.
  • ELI70@lemmy.runEnglish
    85·
    1 year ago

    They can reasonably argue that advertising is a requirement of their business model,

    Couldn’t that claim be countered by pointing out that they already deploy a for pay approach called youtube premium?

    • JasSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      172·
      1 year ago

      No, because businesses have multiple revenue streams. YouTube has a subscription offering, and a free, advertiser-supported offering. Both are part of their business model.