In different phrases — assuming you’re no longer a YouTube Premium subscriber — ‘youtube.com/reallycoolvideo’ will exhibit ads, however ‘youtube.com./reallycoolvideo’ will not. It’s that simple.
The worm is in the main confined to laptop browsers, however on mobile, you can use the ‘Request Desktop Site’ alternative in order for the trick to work.
It’s a typically forgotten aspect case, web sites neglect to normalize the hostname, the content material is nevertheless served, however there’s no hostname fit on the browser so no cookies and damaged CORS – and a lot of higher websites use a special area to serve ads/media with a whitelist that doesn’t comprise the greater dot”
In different words, it’s a easy oversight — and it’s a long way from simply YouTube. A speedy check confirmed it to be superb at getting previous paywalls for The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and quite a few others.
Of course, now that the worm is out in the open, it’s solely a count of time earlier than this little loophole is closed. Enjoy it whilst it lasts — or, you know, pay up.
