That’s why I tried to present it without an anti-google seeming bias. I wanted people to just have the facts and not all the BS in the article. I think it’s a good option for people who don’t want to block ads so creators they watch benefit.
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AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Everyone’s hating on this approach but I think it’s nice that we have other options. I’m sure Ublock is going to come out on top of this cat and mouse game YouTube is playing with them, but if YouTube manages to temporarily disable Ublock I’ll look into this solution. Thanks!
atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Google will give up eventually. They’re definitely burning more money than they would gain from winning the battle
Wisely@lemm.ee 11 months ago
They give on everything else all the time. I wonder if expanding their ad business is the one exception though. They ran out of new users and already pack videos full of ads. Forcing them on people who block them is the only thing left for them to attempt as they seek to continue perpetual growth.
uzay@infosec.pub 11 months ago
Ads are the very core of Google at this point. They are more likely to give up their search engine and the name Google before they give up their ad business.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Unfortunately the videos with ads absolutely packed through them are largely due to the creators choosing the settings for extra monetization.
PhantomPhreak@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Content creators can choose how many ads show, if at all? I did know that, thank you.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Youtube just made changes that prevent creators from choosing to only allow skippable ads. Now youtube chooses what type of ads to run at the start and end of a video.
The only choice creators have is to enable or disable mid-roll ads, and where to place them (but the default is to allow youtube to make those choices too)
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I don’t think they’ve gone all in yet.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Maybe at the moment, but I suspect part of the motivation for this is that they are trying to prevent another “adpocalypse” type boycott from their advertisers.