Technology

59347 readers

4724 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

1188

YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

469 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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 371 points 2 months ago (61 children)

Imagine being on the YouTube ad team...that has to be the most depressing team in tech history. Your whole existence revolves around peddling ads before people can watch the ads they want.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago (4 children)

At least you can tell your boss "I'm working on it!", sit on your ass, and every 6 months add one more little UI or formula change which "finally stops adblockers" but is defeated within 3 days.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yeah I don't believe they really put their hearts in it. If they truly wanted to force you into watching ads, they'd manage. Their team is just not that interested.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Their team is probably using adBlockers more than the rest of us. They understand the depth of the surveillance baked into those ads.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

And because they have to test the ads.

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments (57 replies)