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.
  • Mubelotix@jlai.luEnglish
    122·
    3 months ago

    The backup is I havn’t seen a single fucking ad for years on Youtube. Using it daily on both desktop and android

    • madcat@lemm.eeEnglish
      17·
      3 months ago

      I’ve been using Youtube basically since it exists. There were no ads in the beginning. I’ve also always been using adblockers. I was surprised when I heard people say they have to wait for ads on youtube. I was like “What? Youtube has ads!?”.

    • copd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      3 months ago

      I dont want to offend you, but you’re a drop in the ocean when compared to the grand total of Youtube users.

      Pretty much everyone I know outside of tech who has ever “showed me a cool video on Youtube real quick” has waited to load ads before showing me their phone.

      If you get outside, touch grass and meet real non tech people pretty much all of them need educating on ad avoidance.

      • Mubelotix@jlai.luEnglish
        21·
        3 months ago

        But it’s not with them youtube is at war. They always had the vanilla app and always will. Youtube is at war with us