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Google says adblockers caused YouTube views count to drop - this is what adblockers told us really happened (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (12 children)

(shrug) don't care if it affects views, never should have had them in videos regardless.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

    The only real alternatives to ads are either paying for the content, or having someone else pay for you. The latter is the case with something like PeerTube - someone else is covering the cost of the server and bandwidth without asking you for payment, and the creator doesn't get money from you just watching the video.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Paying to access content makes a lot more sense that hoping someone willingly watches an advert on their own hardware.

    An indirect, alternate could be universal basic income - which makes it easier for people to choose less profitable options.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    A lot of people either don't want to pay, or can't pay (eg people in developing nations with very low income). I agree that UBI would help, but we're a long way off from that being a standard thing in one country, let alone worldwide.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Just so we're clear, you're proposing UBI as a solution to a global website showing ads

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