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minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·1 month agoEven 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.
minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoExactly. 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.
minus-squareb34k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·1 month agoThe 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.
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.
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.
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.