YouTube is waging a war against adblockers...and losing.
  • YouTube is intensifying efforts to combat adblockers, including blocking video playback and warning users of potential account suspension.
  • Increased ads on YouTube have driven many users to adblockers, hurting both YouTube’s ad revenue and content creators reliant on ad-based income.
  • Despite these measures, many users are leaving YouTube or finding workarounds, leading creators to seek alternative revenue streams off-platform.
  • Gsus4@mander.xyzEnglish
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    2 years ago

    The other day I visited youtube without any add-ons and concluded I’d rather do anything else than use youtube under those conditions.

  • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’ll never understand the entitlement of these companies when it comes to ads. You send the content freely to my computer along with BS ads. It’s my computer. I’ll display what I want using programs I want.

    If you want me to pay for that content with $ or by watching ads - then put up a hard paywall and stop sending the content for free. You can’t get uppity and complain about ad blockers - it doesn’t make any sense…

    The real problem is your content sucks and nobody is willing to pay for it. And that’s your problem - not mine.

    Here’s some free apples. There’s a newspaper ad stuffed in there as well. Oh you ate the apples without reading the newspaper? Foul ball! /facepalm

    Edit: never mind the fact that many ads have been served that are downright malicious code…

    • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I was paying for Google music until they took it away from me and told me it was Youtube Premium and then raised the price twice.

      Not exactly what I’d call a great value proposition.

  • gloriousspearfish@feddit.dkEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Once upon a time Google used few and non-intrusive ads. The ads were soo well-placed and relevant, that they almost seemed like a service to the user, rather than being forced upon you. Some of us even added exceptions for Google ads in our ad blockers, so we would not miss out.

    I miss those days.