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YouTube is going to stop you from using ad blockers
- cheapliquor 3y agoOr so they think
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- blibble 3y agogood luck with that one they can't even figure out how to block yt-dl
- josephcsible 3y agoCan't figure out how to, or just haven't bothered to?
- whateveracct 3y agoWorst case, yt-dlp will "pretend to watch the ad." Slower, sure. But I will happily decouple the downloading from the watching to avoid ads.
- Postosuchus 3y agoTIL. Thank you!
- whateveracct 3y agooh sorry - I meant in theory (unless it does do this - in which case, cool!)
- meowface 3y agoThey probably could block yt-dl (or at least create an annoying cat-and-mouse game for them) if they really wanted to. They probably just don't care enough, or figure there are enough positive benefits to allowing it. Some people (including other content creators) will always have a legitimate need to download YouTube videos.
- superchroma 3y agoThere is nothing on youtube I need, and I am prepared to walk away from it if I'm made to watch ads. At no point did I ever like the content enough to watch ads, particularly multiple jammed in at inopportune times. They will never get a cent from me, and there is nothing they can do to change that. I like music. I mainly use it for music on my phone at the moment. Spotify is a better business case if I'm going to have to pay for something to solve that issue.
- pb7 3y agoYou don't have to watch ads. You can pay for premium instead, which also gives you a Spotify equivalent.
- superchroma 3y agoI will never give google a cent willingly.
- freediverx 3y agoYouTube music is not remotely equivalent to Spotify or Apple Music.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoI'm way more likely to move to PeerTube than YouTube Premium, sorry Tom/Rory.
- jbverschoor 3y agoThat’s a great way to give market share to another platform.. perhaps a critical market share. Result: 5 years increased profits, afterwards: google is finito. YouTube is all they got at this point
- pb7 3y agoWhat kind of market share though? Creators aren't going to move to a platform whose viewership refuses to pay a subscription and doesn't watch ads.
- jbverschoor 3y agoDoes anybody know what currently the most expensive part about YouTube is? Storage Bandwidth Processing/encoding
- pfffr 3y agoSurely not labor
- galleywest200 3y agoLinus Tech Tips had a good video about six months ago where they dived into the sheer amount of storage YouTube needs since they now allow 4k uploads, and the costs associated with this. Is it the most? Not sure, but it is certainly a large number.
- freediverx 3y agoShareholder greed
- m0llusk 3y agoDoes Firefox count? It totally changes the experience of page and video viewing. I don't use ad blockers but it seems like Firefox manages video play somewhat aggressively.
- meowface 3y ago>I don't use ad blockers I can't imagine living in this world, even if Firefox might have some built-in measures.
- AHOHA 3y agoNothing of a value is lost.
- pfffr 3y agoYT has been pretty terrible and only getting worse in terms of both cintent AND advertising. This push only solidifies my own distancing from the platform, and sureley countless others.
- fortyseven 3y agoThey've been serving reduced bitrate video at 1080p lately, with a big upsell for "Premium" in the resolution menu. They have to realize this just means "YouTube like like ass now" to me, as opposed to some incentive.