YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers::YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers. In a statement to The Verge, YouTube’s Christopher Lawton says the company has launched a “global effort” to urge people to allow ads on the platform.

  • Kuro@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    All this accomplishes is doubling down my resolve to never give youtube a penny

    • 🅿🅸🆇🅴🅻@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Youtube wantses, Youtube don’t getses. Just like Gmail wantsed and I moved to another email provider. They want the money to stop shoving the ads, but still keep the tracking going. Well, I’m the product or the customer, I can’t be both.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers.

    The platform has “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton says in a statement provided to The Verge.

    YouTube confirmed that it was disabling videos for users with ad blockers in June, but Lawton described it as only a “small experiment globally” at the time.

    Over the past several weeks, more users with ad blockers installed have found themselves unable to watch YouTube videos, with a post from Android Authority highlighting the increase in reports.

    YouTube has made several changes to the way ads operate on its platform this year.

    YouTube is likely hoping that its lengthy ad breaks drive more users to sign up for its ad-free YouTube Premium subscription, but a $2 price hike and the discontinuation of its cheaper Premium Lite plan might make the option less attractive.


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  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    Christ we know already. Bitch bitch ads bitch bitch privacy bitch bitch firefox ublock origin bitch bitch. There are other things happening in the world of technology.