YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers(www.howtogeek.com)

posted 1 month ago

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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1 month ago

If they want to fight hard, they just add the ads into the stream.

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1 month ago

Like Twitch you mean? I think that has been blocked as well. And other addblockers can even skip adds within yt videos

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1 month ago

What do you use to block twitch ads?

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