I'm surprised it took them this long
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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Google is hell bent to make you see their ads. I just remembered that they are also changing the api which adblockers use in turn crippling them.
It is clear that YT needs income for its infrastructure and showing ads is a valid method, also to offer a premium account. If it were to see a banner on the page or even on the edge or below the video, it would be acceptable, but it is not when they destroy a concert with advertorials in the middle of the video or other too invasive ones that do not allow the video to be seen. With this, the use of an adblocker becomes a legitimate and necessary defense. If they still do not allow it, there is no other option than to use one of these front-ends or desktop-clients that exist, which extract the video without the ads, or go to adblockers at DNS level in the OS. Too bad that YT, regarding content offer, lacks valid competitors and this position can lead to abuse in front of the user.
Too bad that YT, regarding content offer, lacks valid competitors and this position can lead to abuse in front of the user.
It's the same as any other platform - the network effect. People are more likely to produce content for youtube because thats where the users are.
That said, it's easier for content creators to support alternatives because unlike social media where everyone is a creator video content producers have a creator > follower relationship, so there's almost no cost to them to upload the same content on other sites.
I subscribed to nebula a while back. There's not heaps of content, and all (ok almost all) of it is available for free on youtube. However, I'm happy to pay provided that most of the revenue is going to creators, and I'm happy to support a non-advertising-revenue model.
They already get a lot of 💰from ad revenue, charging for a subscription just made that revenue even bigger.
It’s possible they’re losing some coins here and there from the ad revenue that they’ve become so aggressive 😆
I really think that Brave will circumvent this. Btw, YouTube will sue Invidious if they don't stop offering the service in the following weeks. So I think YouTube is onto something here.
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