▲ 1192 ▼ YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers (www.howtogeek.com) submitted 2 years ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 445 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[+] Lynx@jlai.lu 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago Advertisements are for a large part about brand recognization. Even if you're not going to buy the product, the fact that you remember the brand means the ad has worked. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) There are tons of products I'd impulse buy, old lego sets, spice and hot sauce samplers, custom gaming dice. I won't normally go out to shop for them but if they show up as an ad I may click and buy. But they NEVER advertise anything to me that I like or am interested in. It's always bullshit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Exactly. Show me ads for guitar parts, pen inks, and 80’s kid stuff. I would impulse buy the shit out of that. Instead it’s “Want this loot box filled with bullshit that a hipster is trying to sell”. No thanks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] saplyng@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Because an animated 5 second ad telling me to buy more dice and horde them like the goblin I am would work on me! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago Advertisements are for a large part about brand recognization. Even if you're not going to buy the product, the fact that you remember the brand means the ad has worked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) There are tons of products I'd impulse buy, old lego sets, spice and hot sauce samplers, custom gaming dice. I won't normally go out to shop for them but if they show up as an ad I may click and buy. But they NEVER advertise anything to me that I like or am interested in. It's always bullshit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Exactly. Show me ads for guitar parts, pen inks, and 80’s kid stuff. I would impulse buy the shit out of that. Instead it’s “Want this loot box filled with bullshit that a hipster is trying to sell”. No thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Exactly. Show me ads for guitar parts, pen inks, and 80’s kid stuff. I would impulse buy the shit out of that. Instead it’s “Want this loot box filled with bullshit that a hipster is trying to sell”. No thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] saplyng@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Because an animated 5 second ad telling me to buy more dice and horde them like the goblin I am would work on me! permalink fedilink source parent