• 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.
  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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    4 months ago

    Their team is probably using adBlockers more than the rest of us. They understand the depth of the surveillance baked into those ads.