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YouTube, I called it. I freaking called it! This is an old story, it was back when Cryptominer via browser became a thing.

Me: "How long do you thing it will take until YouTube advertisements will contain cryptominer?"

IT WAS A F*CKING JOKE YOUTUBE, I DIDN'T KNOW YOUR ADVERTISEMENT POLICIES ARE REALLY THAT BAD!

A month later, after I said it to an friend, I had increased lags with literally anything I was doing. After some days of research (because I didn't pay that much attention to it at first), I could pin down the cause to my YouTube tab in my browser (because I listen to 24/7 music livestreams). And I was like:

Me: "I bet this is because of cryptominer. I bet this is because of cryptominer."

Guess what. About two weeks later YouTube confessed. Cryptominer ads were possible.

I wonder how much money these companies made...

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  • 4
    I've noticed stuff like this in February. Crypto blocker add-ons do the trick
  • 2
    @DjSall started using uMatrix, there should be no cryptominer tricking me anymore.. hopefully.
  • 1
    You'd think that Google would not allow such obtrusive ads but I guess they too cannot deny that sweet 💰
  • 2
    @finiteAutomaton This should not come as a surprise at all. google has no morals, and they're quite dishonest.
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