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

submitted 3 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've had YouTube Premium since the days when it was called YouTube Red, so like a decade. I've grown used to not seeing any ads from Google and anytime I watch a video not using my account it's torture.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Same here. FreeTube for desktop and NewPipe are all you need though if you don't want to pay and/or have access to music.

[–] Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tubular is newpipe + sponsorblock BTW

I use pipepipe but it's less stable

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I haven't tried that yet. I think Libretube also does SponsorBlock too & have seen it on F-Droid.

[–] Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ya I think you're right.

I use pipepipe over tubular because it let's you change the ugly red YouTube banner to black (enable eye protection)

[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

As a recent YT premium-tryer, it's amazing how many ads they put in that aren't obviously adverts - comparing between non-premium and premium browsing.
Not sure I'll keep YT premium beyond the free trial, until I find more decent content producers. Even then, it's skipping those video's paid promotion segments.
So it's like paying for a streaming platform to not get ads... But still getting ads

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I agree... however, that is an issue with the content creators relying on using content promotions. I have noticed when skipping ahead in videos that it usually indicates in the progress bar where the promotion ends. If the content producers utilized other ways to contribute and I liked them enough, then I'd do that. YouTube now has a subscriber only feature that should help with this. There are also extensions that are supposed to block sponsors too. I don't think YouTube has implemented any functions to make blocking sponsored ads more difficult, especially for paying users... who knows though.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

You‘re part of the problem then. It only got so shitty in the first place so they could trap people in the Premium subscription that will get increasingly more expensive and less useful.