Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months agoYouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down10
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkYouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comPete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoThere’s also plenty of people that do use adblock today, and would just put up with ads if it stopped working. So the actual number of people that would simply stop using YouTube altogether is lower than the number of people that use adblock today. And from YouTube’s perspective, those people aren’t contributing revenue anyways, and all they get is a little bit of usage data. Easy trade.
There’s also plenty of people that do use adblock today, and would just put up with ads if it stopped working.
So the actual number of people that would simply stop using YouTube altogether is lower than the number of people that use adblock today.
And from YouTube’s perspective, those people aren’t contributing revenue anyways, and all they get is a little bit of usage data. Easy trade.