▲ 510 ▼ Google says adblockers caused YouTube views count to drop - this is what adblockers told us really happened (www.techradar.com) submitted 1 year ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] alternategait@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago (2 children) Even on a computer without ad blocker (work laptop, chrome browser) the number of times i say "nah i don't need to see that" as soon as thes annoying ads comes up before the video... The decline probably has very little to do with ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago Exactly. If I am forced to see ads, especially intrusive or page filling ones, I will not continue. I watched lots of YouTube in the past. When they started inserting ads into the videos (not channel sponsored stuff), the camel started getting weak. When they started requiring sign-ins or blocking access when using a proxy that was the straw. I don't use YouTube anymore. permalink fedilink source parent [–] b34k@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago The decline was very sudden, almost instantaneous, and can be traced back to the exact date a block list, used by most major desktop ad blockers, added the YouTube View Counter API endpoint to their list. But sure… nothing to do with ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago (2 children) Even on a computer without ad blocker (work laptop, chrome browser) the number of times i say "nah i don't need to see that" as soon as thes annoying ads comes up before the video... The decline probably has very little to do with ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago Exactly. If I am forced to see ads, especially intrusive or page filling ones, I will not continue. I watched lots of YouTube in the past. When they started inserting ads into the videos (not channel sponsored stuff), the camel started getting weak. When they started requiring sign-ins or blocking access when using a proxy that was the straw. I don't use YouTube anymore. permalink fedilink source parent [–] b34k@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago The decline was very sudden, almost instantaneous, and can be traced back to the exact date a block list, used by most major desktop ad blockers, added the YouTube View Counter API endpoint to their list. But sure… nothing to do with ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago Exactly. If I am forced to see ads, especially intrusive or page filling ones, I will not continue. I watched lots of YouTube in the past. When they started inserting ads into the videos (not channel sponsored stuff), the camel started getting weak. When they started requiring sign-ins or blocking access when using a proxy that was the straw. I don't use YouTube anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] b34k@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago The decline was very sudden, almost instantaneous, and can be traced back to the exact date a block list, used by most major desktop ad blockers, added the YouTube View Counter API endpoint to their list. But sure… nothing to do with ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent