Youtube's crackdown on adblocker usage has created a huge Streisand effect. There's a lot of people all over the world that would've never known about adblockers if youtube just didn't say anything and didn't do exactly what they did.

Now, all the major adblockers and ad-blocking browsers have stepped their game up and made it so people can still block ads on youtube.

There's userscripts you can get from greasyfork...or is it greaseyfork that allow you to bypass all of youtube's bullshit.

100% of the videos that actually belong on youtube are almost always demonetized anyway.

If you're not constantly getting demonetized on every video you put out, despite bending over backwards to follow the rules, you're doing something wrong.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

There’s a lot of people all over the world that would’ve never known about adblockers

I see this sentiment a lot. Is there any reliable data to support it?

[–] Somerefriedbeans@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

Not OP but in my personal experience I've talked to countless people that had no idea watching YouTube without ads is possible (without paying) and their minds were blown. With Google calling out attention to it like this, I'm sure many will get curious. Most people don't use their electronics beyond basic functionality..

And tbh you're gonna be hard pressed to get real data of how many ppl are suddenly finding out about it.

[–] Burstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Exhibit A: Youtube premium

[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

yes, ublock, adguard and brave all stepped up their game

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention that Vanced-type apps and content mirrors are still going strong, and proper alternative platforms like Grayjay and Nebula are getting more attractive.

I wonder how soon self-hosted video distribution will be feasible. Does ActivityPub support that yet?

[–] theEmeraldM@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

I think Peertube fits that description: "PeerTube is a self-hosted ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser."