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Google blames ad blockers for crashing YouTube view counts (www.techradar.com)

submitted 1 week ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Really? I have trouble believing they'd insert ads at the worst moments possible.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] entwine@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

They do. The youtube studio thing automatically inserts a shitload of ad breaks by default, but channels have the option to customize it. When you see a video with annoying ad breaks, it's because the creator didn't choose to remove them.