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.
  • Lynx@jlai.luEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    Shit you don’t want yet. That’s the idea of ads, trying to sell you shit you don’t want or need. Why advertise the stuff that you’re already buying?

    • Thorny_Insight@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      3 months 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.

    • saplyng@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months 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!