Comment on YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker

• Prandom_returns@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What? They are trying to get rid of people with ad-blockers, not random by-passers that view 5/5 ads.

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• victorz@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Could you explain that? Don’t views or engagements count if you’re not logged in?

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  • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean if they really didn’t care about random visitors and cared more about making people watch ads. There’s a very simple way to accomplish that, they only let you watch if you’re logged in, and give your account a temp ban if you’re blocking ads. But since they’re not doing that they obviously see some value in anonymous visitors.

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    • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m thinking anonymous visitors are harder to track, and ad-watching farms are probably a thing too, I imagine.

      I’m guessing the value is simply a semblance of goodwill, to not be as transparent about their ad-watching mania. Maybe?

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