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YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers
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this post was submitted on 28 May 2024
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I said infrastructure, not just storage. and yes there is even more involved like the user base, as we have seen with social media time and time again. Even if Microsoft built an even better YouTube (lol), it's still very likely no one would use it. It's a massive investment with a lot of risk.