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The 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers (www.engadget.com)
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[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

It is using advanced techniques for profiling, but profiling is pointless if people don't see ads. And what's I think that is happening - people are avoiding advertisement like a plague, more than they did before.

now that we are in the enshittification phase

Yup. More specifically, the first step behind enshittification:

  • 0 - the platform is good for the users
  • 1 - the platform is bad for the users, good for corporate customers
  • 2 - the platform is bad for corporate customers, as it claws back profit for itself
  • 3 - the platform dies