For reference, here are the exceptions I’ve been using to try to make sure my viewership counts. Not sure if they’re all needed and they’re probably overkill, but:
@@||youtube.com/api$domain=youtube.com|google.com
@@||youtube.com/youtubei$domain=youtube.com|google.com
@@||youtube.com/ptracking$domain=youtube.com|google.com
@@||play.google.com/log$domain=youtube.com|google.com
! these are meant for checking for active internet connection (https://www.techtapto.com/what-is-gstatic-why-you-see-it-often/#Is_Gstatic_com_generate_204_a_virus)
@@||youtube.com/generate_204$domain=youtube.com|google.com
@@||google.com/generate_204$domain=youtube.com|google.com
@@||youtube.com/gen_204$domain=youtube.com|google.com
@@||google.com/gen_204$domain=youtube.com|google.com
For reference, here are the exceptions I’ve been using to try to make sure my viewership counts. Not sure if they’re all needed and they’re probably overkill, but:
@@||youtube.com/api$domain=youtube.com|google.com @@||youtube.com/youtubei$domain=youtube.com|google.com @@||youtube.com/ptracking$domain=youtube.com|google.com @@||play.google.com/log$domain=youtube.com|google.com ! these are meant for checking for active internet connection (https://www.techtapto.com/what-is-gstatic-why-you-see-it-often/#Is_Gstatic_com_generate_204_a_virus) @@||youtube.com/generate_204$domain=youtube.com|google.com @@||google.com/generate_204$domain=youtube.com|google.com @@||youtube.com/gen_204$domain=youtube.com|google.com @@||google.com/gen_204$domain=youtube.com|google.com
They’re not getting revenue from you either way. That’s really more effort than I would want to go through for what amounts to a display bug.