Comment on YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button

• AeroLemming@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • Womble@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But the value per person they get from " use your data to tailor ads for those around you" a tiny amount and the amount they get from selling your eyeball space directly to paying customers is (comparatively) vast, I could easily see it being 1000x greater or even more. Youtube is going to war on adblockers for a reason.

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  • DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Exactly

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