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

submitted 4 months 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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[–] kinsnik 156 points 4 months ago (17 children)

legit, if youtube ever beats ublock origin, i'll just stop watching youtube

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Yt-dlp download script + text file with fav channel urls + jellyfin.

No bullshit, saves bandwidth.

Also look into invidious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

They were serving videos with ads spliced in, basically DAI in podcasting industry. I’m not sure how that experiment went, but if that’s how they’d serve the videos, downloaders will have ads embedded as well.