YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers

Post by oldmen983 » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:48 PM UTC

Post by pessimizer » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:49 PM UTC

Applejinx wrote: post #399

_gabe_ wrote: post #313

This is just so funny to me. Google has to have the absolute worst PR for any company I've ever seen to make this happen. Somehow, they've duped the general public (at least on HN) into believing they insert the ads into videos. All they need to do is run a marketing campaign about how as a content creator you get to decide when ads play, whether they're unskippable, and how many ads to place in your video. Blast tha…

Do you not think YouTube will penalize channels for choosing to present less ads? I know that I go with their suggested defaults, on the assumption that I will be punished if I depart from that. I assume that people will run adblockers if they've got any sense: my demographic is probably more likely to do that. I'm on desktop, adblocking the entire internet to the best of my ability. I daresay if YouTube got pushy wi…

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