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Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users (www.theregister.com)

submitted 9 months ago by TangledHyphae to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Great, I'll use it less if that's the case 🤷

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s not a bad outcome for them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If everybody with adblockers quit youtube and used alternative platforms, I agree, that would be great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Saves them money because they aren’t delivering content for free

And the remaining population won’t raise the issue when they add more

[–] linearchaos 3 points 9 months ago

I moved over to new pipe. No more algorithm on regular basis. I have the 20 or so people that I want to see. If one of my existing 20 people recommend somebody else, I'll go check them out.

Between getting rid of reddit algorithm and YouTube's algorithm I'm clawing back huge swaths of time.