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.
  • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’ll never understand the entitlement of these companies when it comes to ads. You send the content freely to my computer along with BS ads. It’s my computer. I’ll display what I want using programs I want.

    If you want me to pay for that content with $ or by watching ads - then put up a hard paywall and stop sending the content for free. You can’t get uppity and complain about ad blockers - it doesn’t make any sense…

    The real problem is your content sucks and nobody is willing to pay for it. And that’s your problem - not mine.

    Here’s some free apples. There’s a newspaper ad stuffed in there as well. Oh you ate the apples without reading the newspaper? Foul ball! /facepalm

    Edit: never mind the fact that many ads have been served that are downright malicious code…

    • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      “Your content sucks… And I can’t stop watching it. I also got herpes by watching too much brain rot”

    • Vlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      That’s a weird way to look at it, obviously you’re watching the content.

      I’d rather see it like this:

      • Free tier with ads

      • Subscription without ads (and better quality)

      You are currently on the free tier. Yes, you can block ads (just like you can pirate movies), but that’s not the deal you were offered. I’m using an ad blocker myself, but I can understand the corporate side too.

      They absolutely could add a hard paywall, but why should they if there are plenty of users who want to watch for free by paying with ads?

      • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        No, I’m on the “you’re freely posting content to the internet - some of which I want to consume(videos), others not so much (ads)” plan. I never asked them to post anything, never entered a contract, etc.

        If they lock the content up, and stop freely posting it, then fine, I’ll stop consuming and go elsewhere. If I can’t live without the content, then I can decide to pay up. It’s their content - they can do whatever they want with it. But they can’t get mad at ad blockers if they put their stuff out there for free.

        • Vlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          Totally fine by me! But by your logic you can’t get mad at them if they block you from watching due to using an ad blocker. Which brings us back to square one?

          • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Agree 100%. IF they figure it out - which they won’t for more than a day or two. They know the only real solution is to lock their content up and protect it, but they don’t, and then they get bent out of shape. The companies get weird about it - not the users.