@[email protected]MB to Hacker [email protected]English • 11 months agoYouTube's ban leads to a record number of users uninstalling their ad-blockerswww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1-13arrow-down1external-linkYouTube's ban leads to a record number of users uninstalling their ad-blockerswww.zdnet.com@[email protected]MB to Hacker [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSeigestlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoWhy? Just delete your cookies and the counter resets. And even if you didn’t want to do that why not just exempt the site?
minus-square@witheyeandclawlinkEnglish10•11 months agoThe article says there are huge numbers of installs and uninstalls because of people trying different blockers. It’s a really misleading headline.
minus-square@FrostyTrichslinkEnglish4•edit-211 months agoBecause the bulk of YouTube users are borderline tech illiterate.
minus-square@NeutralFlamelinkEnglish1•11 months agoMost people don’t really understand the tech and just act on impulse. I think some of these users after seeing how atrocious and invasive ads have become will reinstall the blockers
Why? Just delete your cookies and the counter resets. And even if you didn’t want to do that why not just exempt the site?
The article says there are huge numbers of installs and uninstalls because of people trying different blockers. It’s a really misleading headline.
Because the bulk of YouTube users are borderline tech illiterate.
Most people don’t really understand the tech and just act on impulse. I think some of these users after seeing how atrocious and invasive ads have become will reinstall the blockers