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YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by Aken »

simondotau wrote: post #22
Aken wrote: post #10

I feel like I'm in the minority that has zero problem paying for an ad-free experience. I get tremendous value out of YouTube in both professional and personal ways. I have a daughter who watches it often. Suppressing ads while supporting the service my family enjoys regularly seems like a no-brainer to me. And I never have to worry about them circumventing my ad blocker.

I agree with all of that, and I sincerely was planning to become a paid subscriber. But I have some irrational resentment around being a statistic validating their increased pressure campaign. I don’t like feeling forced to spend the money! Which is weird because I get significantly more value from it than any streaming service.

Why does your mindset go to being "bullied", though? Aren't you the bully for circumventing their revenue model with the expectation that you should get it for free?

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by kdwikzncba »

nine_zeros wrote: post #20

Would they be able to enforce this on Firefox or other browsers?

And not just browsers. I'm sure other clients exist. I'd be surprised if VLC doesn't already have an extension that allows you to play YouTube.

They'll have to interpolate the ads into the stream. Then people will code clients that detects the ads and black them and mute them. Then YouTube will learn how that works and will change their ads not to trigger detection. Etc. This is called an arms race.

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by rand_flip_bit »

tromp wrote: post #25
gnicholas wrote: post #19

I was using Brave on my iPad the other day and got a notice about this. It didn't seem to affect functionality though. Perhaps they will clamp down in the future, and this is just a warning.

On my Desktop, Brave is counting down the last 3 videos I'm allowed to watch with ads blocked. I hope Brave can give me the option to make Google think I'm watching the ad by downloading the ad but somehow not showing it to me. Or, failing that, show it but auto-mute the audio during the ad (I spent lots of time on Youtube listening to my playlist).

I just tried Brave on the desktop with a few videos and didn't see any pop-ups, seems business as normal to me. Are you running an up to date version?

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by kazinator »

lawlessone wrote: post #36

If Ads supported creators I don't think they'd all be doing sponsored bits in their videos.

Support creators outside of Youtube, even if you find them via Youtube.

Youtube needs to die and get replaced by something more democratic anyway.

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by caturopath »

kdwikzncba wrote: post #43
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…

> This marks the moment Google officially decided it didn’t know how to innovate any longer What? THIS marks that moment? I haven't seen google innovate since they built google search. Literally every other successful thing they have was bought.

Gmail, Chrome, Docs, Android, Safe Browsing, Translate...

(Yes, some of these involved acquisitions, but there is a difference between acquiring YouTube and acquiring Android Inc.)

Google is in a bad place, but I think it's silly to pretend like they didn't have anything else interesting or successful.

Re: YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock

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Post by beepbooptheory »

squarefoot wrote: post #13

"Hey, AI, connect to YT using my browser and account with adblockers turned off, then check the usual channels grabbing new videos, then strip out all advertising content and make them available to me and my friends over this p2p encrypted connection."

Isn't it a little optimistic though to think that the AI itself will be free from advertising/grubby-monetization in the scheme of things? Sure, it feels great now, and maybe even you can pay for the GPU and run it on your own, but not everyone will, and either way the future is long! It just feels inevitable that somebody or something will come to collect one day, in one form or the other.
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