boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square309fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down119
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minus-squareRolando@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up170arrow-down1·3 months ago some people still recommend using a VPN and IP address from a country where YouTube ads are prohibited, such as Myanmar, Albania, or Uzbekistan. Wait, you can just prohibit YouTube ads at a national level? That’s somehow awesome and terrifying at the same time.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·3 months agoWhat would be terrifying about it?
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·3 months agoYeah, I don’t see what’s terrifying. Countries can make laws, if YouTube wants to operate in that market it has to follow the laws there.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months ago‘oh no youtube cant make advertisers money while putting kids in a far right conspiracy rabbit hole how scary’
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·3 months agoOn the surface it sounds like a gross overreach of government.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoA government that hates ads as much as I do. Truly a nightmare scenario
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·3 months agoTrust me, I hate them also. But they also fund a lot of great things. And there are ways to have ads that are not invasive or omnipresent.
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down2·3 months ago That’s somehow awesome and terrifying at the same time. The people of this country would find it just the normal thing.
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-23 months agoAre these countries even safe to host a VPN server in? Edit: Just checked my VPN (Proton) and it has options to connect to Myanmar and Albania. Nifty.
minus-squareVeticia@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoGood to know. I’d rather pay for a vpn than YouTube premium.
minus-squareTechnoguyfication@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI’m wondering how the hell YouTube even makes money in those regions then. They must operate there at a massive loss.
Wait, you can just prohibit YouTube ads at a national level? That’s somehow awesome and terrifying at the same time.
What would be terrifying about it?
Yeah, I don’t see what’s terrifying. Countries can make laws, if YouTube wants to operate in that market it has to follow the laws there.
‘oh no youtube cant make advertisers money while putting kids in a far right conspiracy rabbit hole how scary’
On the surface it sounds like a gross overreach of government.
A government that hates ads as much as I do. Truly a nightmare scenario
Trust me, I hate them also. But they also fund a lot of great things. And there are ways to have ads that are not invasive or omnipresent.
The people of this country would find it just the normal thing.
Are these countries even safe to host a VPN server in?
Edit: Just checked my VPN (Proton) and it has options to connect to Myanmar and Albania. Nifty.
Good to know. I’d rather pay for a vpn than YouTube premium.
I’m wondering how the hell YouTube even makes money in those regions then. They must operate there at a massive loss.
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