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.
    • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
      5·
      6 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·
        6 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·
          6 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·
            6 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.