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YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 3 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[-] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 58 points 3 months ago

Gotta love when the article saying adblock-blocking doesn't work is itself preceded by a notice to disable your adblocker

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 18 points 3 months ago

They don't even believe themselves.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Honestly it makes me appreciate Lemmy more. Like we're all on here enjoying an ad free experience.. it's clearly feasible to do

[-] grozzle@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

there are several orders of magnitude difference between text-forums with almost all multimedia content hosted externally, and hosting/streaming video.

a big Lemmy instance is a manageable cost for a few well-paid people to run out of their own disposable income.

anything even vaguely approaching YouTube is not.

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