YouTube is waging a war against adblockers...and losing.
  • 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.
  • paraphrandEnglish
    55•3 months ago

    If they didn’t have to support the web, and various legacy platforms, the could lock it all down with drm more easily.

      • beanEnglish
        10•3 months ago

        And people’s response has shown its not easy or even working.

          • @[email protected]English
            5•3 months ago

            That’s far less true now that they’re breaking the functionality of tons of adblockers that it was a few years ago.

            • @[email protected]English
              6•3 months ago

              most normies i know don’t care about it.

              i have no idea how they use the internet without them, but here we are.

              • @[email protected]English
                3•3 months ago

                Yep, most of my non-tech friends just say “Ads? Oh yeah, I don’t even notice them anymore, I got so used to them.” whenever that topic pops up in a conversation.

                • @[email protected]English
                  0•3 months ago

                  ive got the “ads are cool so benevolent facebook can keep our beloved skinner box free!” type of answer.

                  they really did brainwash the normies.

    • beanEnglish
      3•3 months ago

      All the eggs in one basket? Computer nerds would never allow that.