It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:
- It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
- It has ads right out of the box.
- It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
- They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.


I have automatic updates on. I still have to restart the browser to implement them which is a pain when I have like 50 tabs open. That’s why I use a separate browser for YouTube because it’s the only site I use that requires adblock updates so frequently.