Comment on Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users

• CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  By not doing so, they’ll also cut down on bandwidth costs, so it’s a double positive for them.

  When you take your comment to its logical end though your comment makes no sense, as hence there’s now no one to watch the videos and earn money from them doing so.

  You can’t force someone to consume your content, and if you earn money by people consuming your content, then the power is ultimately with them.

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  • cole@lemdro.id ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    this assumption is only correct if EVERYBODY is using as blockers. They aren’t - so it makes sense to cut off the proverbial leeches

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    • CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      this assumption is only correct if EVERYBODY is using as blockers. They aren’t - so it makes sense to cut off the proverbial leeches

      That’s why I said logical conclusion.

      My bet would be the vast majority of people (what you call leeches) would eventually use ad blockers, as people in general usually do not like to watch commercials. (Again, speaking in endgame scenarios, AKA ‘logical conclusion’).

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      • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        "Logical conclusion" does not mean that you suddenly add in an unjustified premise of "all people will endure some amount of hassle to use an ad blocker".

        I think the best analogy is Netflix's password sharing, which not only didn't hurt them, but actually brought them a lot of subscribers.

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