YouTube is waging a war against adblockers...and losing.
  • 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.
  • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
    1911·
    3 months ago

    Even better, you work for one of the wealthiest corporations in the world with virtually unlimited resources at your disposal, and you still get your asses handed to you by a handful of people with laptops.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      50·
      3 months ago

      If they didn’t have to support the web, and various legacy platforms, the could lock it all down with drm more easily.