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

submitted 3 weeks 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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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Same, I think they must be AB testing and I don't get assigned into the shitty group

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I definitely got really awful, unplayably spotty playback that seemed linked to adblock usage. Then I saw an article about it and confirmed I wasn't going crazy, and that day it stopped happening, so it felt like I was going crazy all over again. It's like the moment they realised it was going to become a problem and they weren't as sneaky as they thought, they turned it off. I haven't had an issue since then.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That would be quite a funny strategy that they could definitely implement. Creepy as hell but clever.

They know everything you do and look at, so they know if you're the sort of person that would look up a fix for this or just take it on the nose. If they realize you're looking at articles about the problem they just turn the function off.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I guess that's possible, and a very creepy thought, but more likely they saw the level of general attention on the issue and backed off globally.

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