YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers
YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers
YouTube is waging a war against adblockers...and losing.
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- 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.
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I'd rather not watch YouTube videos at all than videos with ads.
69 1 ReplyI don't mind one or two of their old 5 second ads, but anything beyond that is unacceptable especially on a 2 min vid.
3 0 ReplySmarttube stopped working some weeks ago for a day. I tried watching YouTube with ads, the experience was so fucking insane to me. Like multiple, non skipable ads before the video starts + more ads during the video. It just was unwatchable. Its just unusable.
31 0 ReplyNewpipe still works (Google may break it, but the app is usually updated in a couple days and it works again)
9 1 ReplyTry grayjay
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Here's my current lineup.
Newpipe Freetube Greyjay Tubular Brave
They get through all those, I'm just going to surf peertube or odysee
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