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

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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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[-] Astronauticaldb@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I've noticed this on my TV's YouTube app as well. It went from 15 second I shippable ads, to 2 ads where I need to watch at least one and only then can I skip, to sometimes at least 30 seconds before I can skip. It's worse on the longer video essays that I like watching, where they say "Fewer ad breaks for this long video", but in reality they have the same amount of ads that you need to watch more of to skip. I absolutely fucking hate it :D

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