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nutsack@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sparr@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They can’t afford to do anything that would lose them a large slice of viewers. Same reason websites still support IE.

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  • singron@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s funny you mention that since YouTube led the web in dropping support for IE 6: blog.chriszacharias.com/a-conspiracy-to-kill-ie6

    That kind of thing isn’t quite in their DNA anymore, but you never know.

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  • nutsack@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    they would mostly be losing the ad blocking viewers though, right?

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    • gian@lemmy.grys.it ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, but the point their are trying to make is to gain the adblocking users, not lose them. They need more people to watch the ads, not less people to watch YT.

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      • nutsack@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        i imagine many of them are addicted to youtube and would watch ads

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• gian@lemmy.grys.it ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As it is over for YT, probably.

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