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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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[–] 79 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Its an all out assault on half your senses without an adblocker. Literal torture.

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

    The entire web is like that without an ad blocker these days.

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

    I miss those cheeky gif banners from the 2000s

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

    [With hindsight] The commercial use of the internet should never have been allowed.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I want the internet to be a network of digital libraries...communication, public events and sharing space...personal pages...services...the commercial motive starts from there and eventually consumes the rest :/

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

    I reckon without the rule changes in 1993-94 allowing commercial use that the internet would have turned into a significantly more useful utility with higher quality innovation than the advert laden train wreck that we have now.

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

    For this to happen, everyone using the internet should know HTML or there has to be a easy to use, MS Word-like web designer. And there should also be easy to use, free web hosting providers (neocities exists).

    Owning a website as a non-techie should be normalized and be portrayed as "cool"

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