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.
  • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    A lot of creators have just turned into corporate shills. I stopped watching ETA Prime’s channel about tech reviews because it was becoming pretty clear that mostly everything he got was paid for by the company. Also, most creators are putting their own ads into their content.

    • Encephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Welcome to Youtube. It’s ads all the way down. Unless:

      Firefox browser, Ublock Origin extension, Sponsorblock extension

      Save 40% of your viewing time for actual content and send tips through creator’s Paypal or whatever.

      • seaQueue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        10 months ago

        YouTube is just on demand TV with extra steps these days. I’ve stopped watching videos, I have an LLM transcribe and summarize for me now. 99% of the content of a 10-15 minute video can be summarized into 1 or 2 pages and read in under 2 minutes.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          I have an LLM transcribe and summarize for me now.

          Only a matter of time before LLMs start injecting their own ads into these responses.

      • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
        0·
        10 months ago

        I hope nobody lets them know that Firefox on Linux has never shown ads for any of their content.

    • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      10 months ago

      I know right… Why should content creators be able to make money from content. Am I right?

      • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.socialEnglish
        0·
        10 months ago

        You’re joking, but you’re right.

        Once the content has been created, the near-zero marginal cost of online distribution makes the concept of charging for copies wholly untenable.

        The furry community figured this out years ago, our creators work on commission or paid subscription through Patreon or one of its ilk. They (mostly) don’t care where you freely share their work because they already got paid.