Technology @beehaw.org StandardIssueCalzone @lemmy.one 1 yr. ago

YouTube confirms 3-strike policy for blocking ads

www.androidauthority.com YouTube confirms three-strikes test for ad blocking, here's how it works

YouTube has confirmed that it's testing a three-strikes policy for blocking ads. It's also outlined how this policy will work.

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Furry Technologists @pawb.social Stefen Auris @pawb.social 1 yr. ago

YouTube confirms three-strikes test for ad blocking

www.androidauthority.com /youtube-confirm-three-strikes-policy-ad-blocking-test-3340826/

technology @hexbear.net PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them] @hexbear.net 1 yr. ago

YouTube confirms three-strikes test for ad blocking

www.androidauthority.com /youtube-confirm-three-strikes-policy-ad-blocking-test-3340826/

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Hot take: this sucks, but YouTube premium is legit. I wish more platforms offered a paid, ad-free way to interact. I don't feel like figuring out a way around ads but I'm not about to start watching them. So I pay a few bucks a month.
- I'd be more willing to pay if it wasn't $10/mo (annual cost) for a bunch of stuff I don't care about. If they had a cheaper option that was just ad-free (maybe $5/mo?), I'd be down for that.
  
  I also like what Kagi does with their duo plan for 2 users. Some kind of duo plan for YT premium would be nice as well, since I (and many others, I'm sure) don't have a family of 6 people.
- Screw YouTube and Google. They aren’t getting a dime from me.
  
  In that case, you wouldn't care about this ad-block issue. The people who do care, want to watch YouTube but don't like ads.
  
  Why?
  
  Feel free to peruse the plethora of reasons- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google
- I don't have any philosophical objection for paying to use a platform I enjoy, but in the case of youtube, they have been so deliberately detrimental to society in terms of platforming fascists that I feel bad about the prospect of paying them, even if much of the money is going to creators I do like who I'm actually watching
- I don't mind paying for services I use to avoid my data being the payment (like Kagi or Protonmail).
  
  But I don't like the idea of paying Google AND having my data farmed.
- It's simply a more honest model - you get content, they get money.
  
  I would love to be able to pay for an ad-free experience for the various websites and services that I browse and use in a straightforward way instead of being leeched for ad-revenue
  
  I wouldn't doubt paying a hundred per month to have an ad-free life.
  
  no ads on tv or sports, no billboards, no ads on buses. it would be awesome

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