downpunxx to Technology • 2 months agoYouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsoletewww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square382fedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down111file-text
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minus-square@PlopplinkEnglish33•2 months agoMost normies I know watch YouTube with ads already. I sadly don’t think this will put much of a dent in YouTube.
minus-square@piyuvlinkEnglish20•2 months agoThat’s the thing, right? They’re fighting a very small minority of users blocking ads/tracking this hard
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoIf corporations are not squeezing every little bit of profit. Then the corporation is losing st making money.
minus-square@ContravariantlinkEnglish1•2 months agoWell the upside is that they’re not actually trying to get it to stop, they’re just making an effort to please their customers.
minus-squareLadlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoPerhaps it’s better anyway if our favourite adblock/tracker blocking services don’t become popular
Most normies I know watch YouTube with ads already. I sadly don’t think this will put much of a dent in YouTube.
That’s the thing, right? They’re fighting a very small minority of users blocking ads/tracking this hard
If corporations are not squeezing every little bit of profit. Then the corporation is losing st making money.
Well the upside is that they’re not actually trying to get it to stop, they’re just making an effort to please their customers.
Perhaps it’s better anyway if our favourite adblock/tracker blocking services don’t become popular