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Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by beej71 »

JohnFen wrote: post #86
beej71 wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I paid for Premium for years. But then I started asking myself if wanted to give money to a company that pushed things like FLoC, Manifest v3, and WEI. And the answer was no. We used to pay them $284/year for our household services. Now we pay them nothing. Maybe they'll have a change of heart someday, but until then, not a dime.

YouTube is the only Google service that I still use, and I've been paying for premium. But, mostly for the reasons you list, I'm cancelling that subscription and abandoning YouTube altogether. So that's at least two of us. I'll have to give Nebula another try. I hope their app is better now. Last time, it was so bad that I cancelled that subscription.

And don't forget Hoopla--your library might support it. I get 8 media rentals a month through mine.

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by mikewarot »

machdiamonds wrote: post #95
SirMaster wrote: post #53

I mean, if YouTube blocks me, then I just wont use YouTube...

Seems like a win for YouTube, they don't have to waste bandwidth on users that don't bring in any revenue.

and they don't have as many users rating videos and feeding the algorithm for the ones to do watch ads... YouTube still loses

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by jonnycomputer »

sva_ wrote: post #21
blibble wrote: post #11

step 1: enable ublock origin in incognito mode in options step 2: right click video, open in incognito

For me, it also works to stop using Chrome and use Firefox instead (so far.)

Oh it does it to me in Firefox too. Or at least, it puts up an annoying flag warning me that it'll stop working.

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by machdiamonds »

mikewarot wrote: post #102
machdiamonds wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like a win for YouTube, they don't have to waste bandwidth on users that don't bring in any revenue.

and they don't have as many users rating videos and feeding the algorithm for the ones to do watch ads... YouTube still loses

I'm almost certain that the bandwidth cost is much higher than what they gain for recommendation algorithms. It's like saying "Yeah, that guy steals from your store, but at least now you know what's in demand!" (Not equating ad-block to stealing, just trying to show the value difference)

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by windowshopping »

Mandatum wrote: post #96
louison11 wrote: post #17

This marks the moment Google officially decided it didn’t know how to innovate any longer, and that it’s time to grab all they can to increase the bottom line. Most technology companies follow this same cycle. When they’re in the innovation/disruption phase, there are less rules, they just focus on giving people the best experience. When they start stagnating, suddenly every cent matters. The irony is that the profil…

YouTube has been a thorn in the side of Google for a long time. Think about it, what has YouTube brought to Alphabet other than brand recognition? YouTube has already peaked. It's not profitable. It's a source of a lot of drama, and ill-will toward the company, it doesn't generate much ad revenue, it's no longer a "feat of engineering" that so many people talked about in the mid-2000s - and it seems like the general…

Source for "it's not profitable"?

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by karmasimida »

mikewarot wrote: post #102
machdiamonds wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like a win for YouTube, they don't have to waste bandwidth on users that don't bring in any revenue.

and they don't have as many users rating videos and feeding the algorithm for the ones to do watch ads... YouTube still loses

I really doubt this data is worthwhile considering their bandwidth and hosting cost.

Video hosting is at this day, almost a universal money losing scheme. YouTube is barely profitable, they need to make money, it is not even an option

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by thiht »

pkroll wrote: post #74
linker3000 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, if that's their rules, it's a choice. If you pick up a free newspaper on a commmute, or, say, a community "What's on" sponsored by ads, does someone look over your shoulder and insist you read every ad before they let you turn the page?

No: but the ads ARE THERE. They're actually in front of you. Not so with an ad blocker.

What if I censor the ads with a Sharpie, is that illegal or unethical too?
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