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

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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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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[–] kokesh 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm getting Playback failed from time to time on reVanced. Maybe after 5mins of every 3rd video. I just go to my watch history, open the video again and it continues. Mildly annoying, but good trade-off for not having ads.

[–] Zarxrax 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have not encountered any issues in revanced. Maybe check and make sure it's updated?

[–] kokesh 2 points 1 month ago

Updated yesterday. Maybe it is something connected with me running Adguard Home as my private DNS.