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youtube getting more agressive blocking users after 3 videos (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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youtube getting more aggressive.. i've got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up

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[+] -21 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Do you think running YouTube is free?

Either the advertisers pay for it, or you do. That's the deal.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    My metadata does more than enough to pay for my usage.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Metadata is only valuable for ads though, right?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    That's a good question.

    There's actually more value in metadata than just for advertising, such as scientific and general market research. And even just talking about ads, it's still useful for both targeted and non-targeted ads and is not limited to the YouTube advertising space.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Do you think my data and internet connection is free? Either I give some money, and hope that youtube doesn't insert ads in the premium version of youtube or I give up my data and download obnoxious and potentially harmful ads.

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