• 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.
  • stoly@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Remember that Google bought YouTube only AFTER it was successful for several years. This was also before Google turned evil.

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      3 months ago

      There are a lot of unprofitable startups that get purchased speculatively based on other factors like their user count. The idea being the buyer thinks they can monetize.

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        3 months ago

        This was more like a merger with Google being the larger company. YouTube was already very successful.