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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.

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[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago

The entire web is like that without an ad blocker these days.

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 17 points 4 months ago

I miss those cheeky gif banners from the 2000s

[-] fasterthancat@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

[With hindsight] The commercial use of the internet should never have been allowed.

[-] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Do online multiplayer video games count as a commercial use? I kind of like those

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