Comment on YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button
Moneo@lemmy.world 11 months agoParroting 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.
Moneo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How is any of this information valuable to them if I block all ads?
ElectroNeutrino@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because you aren’t an individual to them, you’re a statistic providing them with valuable market research on how their service is used.
“People that watch this collection of video classifications are more likely to watch videos who’s thumbnails have these characteristics. Only 1% of them use ad blocking so we can improve our ad presentation rate if we present more videos with these thumbnails to this group.”