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

submitted 4 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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[–] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was looking at the comment section from the article and the following comment made me laugh loudly, thinking on how bizarre our current world is:

So a platform that is blocking adblockers is delivering an ad piece advertising an adblocker. Ha! That's an ad I'd love to watch 😂

[–] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wanna see that ad

[–] simonced@lemmy.one 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You need to deactivate your ad blocker for that 😆

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Every video ad needs to have the video uploaded to YouTube afaik. So it's possible to find it, although I'm not sure if it also works for private videos.

[–] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

They'd have to pay me