YouTube is waging a war against adblockers...and losing.
  • 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.
  • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
    2042·
    3 months ago

    Even better, you work for one of the wealthiest corporations in the world with virtually unlimited resources at your disposal, and you still get your asses handed to you by a handful of people with laptops.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      55·
      3 months ago

      If they didn’t have to support the web, and various legacy platforms, the could lock it all down with drm more easily.

            • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
              5·
              3 months ago

              That’s far less true now that they’re breaking the functionality of tons of adblockers that it was a few years ago.

              • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
                6·
                3 months ago

                most normies i know don’t care about it.

                i have no idea how they use the internet without them, but here we are.

                • ticho@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  3·
                  3 months ago

                  Yep, most of my non-tech friends just say “Ads? Oh yeah, I don’t even notice them anymore, I got so used to them.” whenever that topic pops up in a conversation.

                  • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    22·
                    3 months ago

                    ive got the “ads are cool so benevolent facebook can keep our beloved skinner box free!” type of answer.

                    they really did brainwash the normies.