• 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.
  • HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Gotta love when the article saying adblock-blocking doesn’t work is itself preceded by a notice to disable your adblocker

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Honestly it makes me appreciate Lemmy more. Like we’re all on here enjoying an ad free experience… it’s clearly feasible to do

      • cartoon meme dog@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        there are several orders of magnitude difference between text-forums with almost all multimedia content hosted externally, and hosting/streaming video.

        a big Lemmy instance is a manageable cost for a few well-paid people to run out of their own disposable income.

        anything even vaguely approaching YouTube is not.