Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership
b34k@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI dunno I’ve still yet to see ads. Between Smart Tube Next on my TV, Firefox with uBlock origin on my computer, and AdGuard + Vinegar on my phone, nothing gets through, even with their latest efforts.
Okay, but what are you still even watching on YT? The only media I even occasionally consume is Well There’s Your Problem, the occasional FoundryVTT HowTo, and the odd clip I get sent from friends.
Yeah, NewPiped screens out all the shitty ads. But so much of the core content is some Mr Beast style slop, I’ve got little reason to look at my front page.
Good content won’t be recommended to you unfortunately.
No wonder I don’t use it anymore
So you’re also contributing to the declining viewership that these channels are complaining about. They make no money off of your watch time so to them it is the same as no view at all.
The only reason adblock is even a thing is because all these adserving companies do NOTHING to police the ads that they show on their networks.
If you want to wring hands and cry, then do it about the advertisers total lack of regulation. Not about end users trying to protect themselves from porn, malware, obnoxious bullshit, and 2 hour long pragerU videos that talk about how slavery was great for black people and that they shouldnt be so bitter about the horrors thrust upon their ancestors.
thax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Heh, praise uBlock. If it didn’t work as well as it did, I’d drop youtube in an instant. Invidious used to be awesome, but it’s so hit-or-miss now that I seldom try it. Youtube isn’t bad without ads, but ads + wading through clickbait bullshit just isn’t worth it.