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Well it’s not like youtube couldn’t technically track the views even with adblockers if they wanted. The video is still being streamed after all, you don’t need
by echoangle 1y ago
Well it’s not like youtube couldn’t technically track the views even with adblockers if they wanted. The video is still being streamed after all, you don’t need the client to call another endpoint to know whether it’s streaming the video.
- jefftk 1y agoGoogle built a system that tracked video views. Users installed a browser extension that intentionally breaks this tracking for privacy reasons. Why should Google do anything? They're not the one that broke it, and these users don't want to be tracked!
- echoangle 1y agoBecause it’s hurting creators, not viewers?
- jefftk 1y agoI don't know, it's not obvious to me that YouTube should prioritize the creator's desire to track users over the user's desire not to be tracked.
- SchemaLoad 1y agoGoogle already doesn't pay out creators for views with blocked ads, no advertiser is going to pay for ads that were never shown. The view counter doesn't matter to that. Perhaps Youtube could enforce tougher blocking of ad blockers to support creators better.
- jve 1y agoA view counter from premium member (user without ads) should count.
- echoangle 1y agoIt matters if you include a sponsorship in your video and get paid based on view numbers.
- account42 1y agoIf this makes in-video ads unprofitable then I hope Youtube never fixes it. And it sounds like EasyList made the right choice in including the filter.
- what 1y agoViewers are hurting the creators then. If you care so much about the creators, turn off your ad blocker.
- echoangle 1y agoWell I can’t force every viewer to turn off the ad blocker, but google can change the method they use for counting.
- gretch 1y ago> Why should Google do anything? Imagine the headlines if Google did do something - "YouTube implements advanced user tracking to counter act Privacy and Ad blocker"