Comment on YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete

Aetherion@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Plopp@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Most normies I know watch YouTube with ads already. I sadly don’t think this will put much of a dent in YouTube.

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  • piyuv@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s the thing, right? They’re fighting a very small minority of users blocking ads/tracking this hard

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    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If corporations are not squeezing every little bit of profit. Then the corporation is losing st making money.

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    • Contravariant@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well the upside is that they’re not actually trying to get it to stop, they’re just making an effort to please their customers.

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    • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Perhaps it’s better anyway if our favourite adblock/tracker blocking services don’t become popular

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