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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Next logical step is to modify the uploaded video itself to contain ads around the video frame or on automatically detected clear surfaces in the video.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

but i saw another article saying that adblocker usage dropped by like ... meh i dunno 80% or some awful figure that I didn't want to believe.

i'd rather live in the version of the world where this one is true, that nobody is installing adblockers, but i know better (sometimes) than to simply succumb to confirmation bias...

if youtube were smart though, it'd make ads less shitty, intrusive, and obnoxious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I saw that one from Wired but didn't post it because the body itself referenced increased installations of some adblockers. The title seemed like a strange conclusion to draw from it all.

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