If you’re using an ad-blocker or skipping ads, yes, they absolutely don’t give a shit if you stop using it, because you provide zero value to them and are only consuming their resources.
Comment on YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button
FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ad blocker still works. They really want people to stop using YouTube though, don’t they.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 11 months ago
ElectroNeutrino@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Your metadata is still extremely valuable to them, and it’s not limited to just watch history and likes, but rather everything on how you engage in their services, including where your mouse cursor sits.
Moneo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Parroting the angry me Yorker whose name I forgot. If you use an ad blocker your likely privacy aware and they don’t get much/any meta data from you.
Also YouTube is extremely costly to run. They are making it abundantly clear you are not valuable to them if you aren’t watching ads. You aren’t that important.
ElectroNeutrino@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes and no. Metadata is more than just tracking info. I did mention watch history, likes, and mouse position, which are not things that can really be blocked. This also includes things such as how likely you are to click on a video based on thumbnail and screen position, how long you watch specific videos as well as how long your overall watch train is. All in all, how you actually use the service is something that they pay very close attention to, and is still very valuable.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 11 months ago
^ mostly this. Ad revenue isnt all of their income, not even close
AeroLemming@lemm.ee 11 months ago
If you block browser ads, they still make money off of you from mobile apps showing ads. If you use DNS-level blocking, they can still use your data to tailor ads for those around you.
fruitSnackSupreme@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It doesn’t work for me, on my PC I can only use freetube. YouTube doesn’t work with ublock origin.
foggy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The real problem is that barriers to entry for competition are insurmountable.
If I wanna compete, I gotta host those files somewhere. With Google, Amazon, or Microsoft. That’s basically my whole list of options.
I mean, I can opt to do it myself, but… That’s beyond David v Goliath. No way I could manage the amount of spam, CSA, DMCA, terrorism/misinformation and other shit that would seek to take the competition out.
AeroLemming@lemm.ee 11 months ago
IMO a lot of the attacks on independent and federated social media probably come from their corporate competitors. Who has the most to gain from flooding Lemmy with CSAM? Reddit, obviously.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
The other reason why it’s impossible is simply that nobody would upload their genuine content to your site because it doesn’t get as much “engagement” as on YouTube. Social inertia is why YouTube can pretty much do whatever the fuck they want and people will stay.
Twitch is the same thing for livestreams. Not even Facebook using fuck-you money to literally buy exclusivity contracts with streamers could change that. People just didn’t want to watch there (although I can understand their reluctance).