YouTube confirms three-strikes test for ad blocking, here's how it works
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YouTube has confirmed that it's testing a three-strikes policy for blocking ads. It's also outlined how this policy will work.

okay Google, how about this. I already pay for premium, but Im too lazy to disable my adblocker for just your site, can we just call it a draw and move on?

  • Nyaa
    9•1 year ago

    I seriously don’t understand why they’re so aggressive about this.

    I would consider maybe turning off my adblocker if they ran single ads and didn’t make them so long, and actually did some curation on their ads so I didn’t see a fake MrBeast scam ad or political ad every time. Yet they don’t, so I will continue to find ways to block ads until I no longer can.

    • Bucket_of_Truth
      1•1 year ago

      Companies pay YouTube for advertisements. Google’s not just putting ads on videos for fun.

      • Nyaa
        10•1 year ago

        I don’t think anyone disagrees with that, but YouTube today has a lot more ads, especially spammy ones, than YouTube 7 years ago did. This is an issue with them using a business model that doesn’t scale very well.

        • panoptic
          2•1 year ago

          Interest rates were basically zero for a decade, then they spiked this year with every indication that they aren’t going back to zero anytime soon.

          This is radically shifting the approach for many tech companies.

          Not saying I like it, just saying it’s why rapid enshittification is happening