• 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.
    • @SlopppyEngineer
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      133 months ago

      Partially. Our economy is built in selling you stuff you don’t need, and ads are a crucial part of making that happen.

      • @capital_sniff
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        33 months ago

        Sorta. Ads are just part of the much larger beast of selling things, marketing.