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YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 5 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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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 5 months 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 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months 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.