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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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[–] 58 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Gotta love when the article saying adblock-blocking doesn't work is itself preceded by a notice to disable your adblocker

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

    Honestly it makes me appreciate Lemmy more. Like we're all on here enjoying an ad free experience.. it's clearly feasible to do

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    there are several orders of magnitude difference between text-forums with almost all multimedia content hosted externally, and hosting/streaming video.

    a big Lemmy instance is a manageable cost for a few well-paid people to run out of their own disposable income.

    anything even vaguely approaching YouTube is not.

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