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Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
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    Whats the percentage of YT users who use Adblock tools? i think it’s a tiny number, mainly the power users.

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      There are people out there using YT without an ad-blocker?

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        well, The majority of YT users doesn’t even know what is an adblocker.

        edit: typo

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        I prefer watching on my tablet, and still got no luck with any ad blocker. Somehow I like the default YT app, so switching to something else would be hard for me…

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          I use NewPipe. Never seen a single add in 5+ years.

          Then again I don’t use a google account on YouTube.

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