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YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers (www.howtogeek.com)
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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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[–] 202 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Even better, you work for one of the wealthiest corporations in the world with virtually unlimited resources at your disposal, and you still get your asses handed to you by a handful of people with laptops.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 137 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hence Google's proposal to DRM the web

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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