Youtube goes to war with ad blockers - how companies die

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Youtube goes to war with ad blockers - how companies die

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15 Comments

MortyMcFry@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 3y (3 replies)

The internet is falling apart

LoafyLemon@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y

The internet is dead. Long live the internet!

somedaysoon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
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Desistance@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Nothing lasts forever. YouTube will eventually give way for something else.

bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I literally haven't been impacted by this at all. Are they just going after one particular ad blocker?

very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y (1 reply)

It seems like they're either rolling this out slowly, or this is just a small-scale test only affecting a small percentage of the user base.

bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 3y

Could be AB testing I suppose.

bobthened@feddit.uk · 15 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I’ll stop using ad block when YouTube stops making me watch an advert at the beginning of the video and then two unskippable ads one minute into the video.

neuromancer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
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Platomus@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 3y

I swear, it's like all large tech companies are trying to out stupid each other right now.

EqMinMax@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Still no ads, adblocker works in youtube opened in firefox

YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Good luck with that.

nodel@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I gotta admit I pay for premium. Like, I pay for all these different services like Netflix, hbo, prime, Spotify etc, but the one I use the most (by a lot!) is YouTube. I bought it most of all to not have ads on my iPhone. Now the creators gets payed, I never see ads anywhere, all is good.

FractalAsymmetry@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

I wouldn't mind paying for it either, but it's not available in my country. So, until it is, uBlock all the way.

yabai@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

For anyone considering it, I highly recommend YouTube Premium. Comes with YouTube Music as well, which is a perfectly fine replacement for Spotify.

pizzatime@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

I'll stick to ad blockers and not give the megacorp any money. thanks for the rec though