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.
  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    4 months ago

    Honestly it makes me appreciate Lemmy more. Like we’re all on here enjoying an ad free experience… it’s clearly feasible to do

    • cartoon meme dog@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      4 months ago

      there are several orders of magnitude difference between text-forums with almost all multimedia content hosted externally, and hosting/streaming video.

      a big Lemmy instance is a manageable cost for a few well-paid people to run out of their own disposable income.

      anything even vaguely approaching YouTube is not.