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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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[–] 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Didn't age verification - also recently implemented - cause youtube views to drop?

Here's a case of it very well explained.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDPUzfwa4u0

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It was the first thing most people assumed was the culprit, as it silently enabled Restricted Mode, but since the biggest difference came from Computer views, despite the age verification happening on all platforms, that is strong evidence against that having any impact

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