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YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 3 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 80 points 3 months ago

I'd rather not watch YouTube videos at all than videos with ads.

[-] polle@feddit.org 38 points 3 months ago

Smarttube stopped working some weeks ago for a day. I tried watching YouTube with ads, the experience was so fucking insane to me. Like multiple, non skipable ads before the video starts + more ads during the video. It just was unwatchable. Its just unusable.

[-] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

Newpipe still works (Google may break it, but the app is usually updated in a couple days and it works again)

[-] polle@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

It just didn't work for a day. They are really fast in patching. But good to know that newpipe is working also an androidTV.

[-] WeebLife@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Try grayjay

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Here's my current lineup.

Newpipe Freetube Greyjay Tubular Brave

They get through all those, I'm just going to surf peertube or odysee

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I don't mind one or two of their old 5 second ads, but anything beyond that is unacceptable especially on a 2 min vid.

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