YouTube is waging a war against adblockers...and losing.
  • YouTube is intensifying efforts to combat adblockers, including blocking video playback and warning users of potential account suspension.
  • Increased ads on YouTube have driven many users to adblockers, hurting both YouTube’s ad revenue and content creators reliant on ad-based income.
  • Despite these measures, many users are leaving YouTube or finding workarounds, leading creators to seek alternative revenue streams off-platform.
  • SaharaMaleikuhmEnglish
    791·
    4 months ago

    I’d rather not watch YouTube videos at all than videos with ads.

    • polleEnglish
      38·
      4 months ago

      Smarttube stopped working some weeks ago for a day. I tried watching YouTube with ads, the experience was so fucking insane to me. Like multiple, non skipable ads before the video starts + more ads during the video. It just was unwatchable. Its just unusable.

      • Vathsade@lemmy.caEnglish
        141·
        4 months ago

        Newpipe still works (Google may break it, but the app is usually updated in a couple days and it works again)

        • polleEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          It just didn’t work for a day. They are really fast in patching. But good to know that newpipe is working also an androidTV.

    • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      4 months ago

      Here’s my current lineup.

      Newpipe Freetube Greyjay Tubular Brave

      They get through all those, I’m just going to surf peertube or odysee