YouTube details its three-strike test for ad blocking
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- Anonymous
- ps9
- 30 Jun 2023
I don't even have a Google account any more.
Internet is not where it was 20 years ago. Everything is just about profit or manipulation.
Or maybe I am just getting old.
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- Hanif Fikri
- bJb
- 30 Jun 2023
official yt app is bad anyway..modded yt is better we could have many settings to adjust like swipe or right to control brightness and volume without needing to slide status bar and push volume buttons often, also could set permanent 2k or whatever resolution on both data and wifi it works well while on official yt you need to adjust manually every single time you watch other vids(official yt adjusted me 480p everytime even my connection handle 4k well)...on official yt our data alone is enough to make them billions of money so ads is not necessacy even for free users. Remember "If its free then you are the product" so greedy huh. btw android is getting more strict if they keep more and more strict will switch to apple or huawei without gservices
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- Bzuco
- mr1
- 30 Jun 2023
"the platform's policy is strictly against the use of ad blockers."
I can do what ever I want in terms:
1. filter incoming traffic my network card is receiving from the outside
2. modify data in my system RAM where the content of YT page is loaded.
3. ...etc.
Do not buy products you see in those ads. Good product can sell it self, bad needs ads.
- TrainingAddict
- 6wx
- 30 Jun 2023
Anonymous, 30 Jun 2023LOL, zero chance i'd torture myself with their ads. It... moreThey certainly won't block the IP because in the age of VPN it's pointless in the same way, you don't need a google account to make lists on yt, just a browser or a dedicated app like new pipe.
Google is fighting for the customer and all it will do is scare away the next generation of users.
- TrainingAddict
- 6wx
- 30 Jun 2023
IMX363, 30 Jun 2023First Reddit, now YouTube. What is going on with the Intern... moreAny platform where you can write will replace Reddit I never liked Reddit and I still avoid it.
On case of YT there are many other platforms like nebula streaming with real content the only problem is that they are not one click away and YT has all kinds of content
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- kek
- GBh
- 30 Jun 2023
The moment they ban me, it's their loss. As if they werent making enough money with everyone's data on Android.
Something better will pop up.
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- Anonymous
- 0BG
- 30 Jun 2023
LOL, zero chance i'd torture myself with their ads. It will die off with this policy anyway, so time to move on.
However, i can't help but wonder how are they gonna ban my account if i don't use one? Or they are even considering an ip ban? Well i hope they do, that'll end them even faster.
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- 8nQ
- 30 Jun 2023
Anonymous, 30 Jun 2023How do you think YouTube continues to be a free service?That wasn't really any sort of useful answer. The entire problem with Youtube ads is that they are long, sometimes unskippable and it's worse than TV. Who do you think will use the platform without adblockers?
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- IMX363
- LeS
- 30 Jun 2023
First Reddit, now YouTube. What is going on with the Internet? Elon Musk was one of the worst things that happened to it. First the layoffs, and everybody copied. Then killed third party apps for Twitter and others copied.
I think these companies are realizing that it's very hard to breakthrough nowadays and that they've pretty much have monopolies.
What is the alternative to Reddit? Or YouTube?
- Koishi Komeiji
- tyy
- 30 Jun 2023
my last word to YouTube: "Congratulations, you forced everyone to watch ads without skipping. You know what, YouTube is the biggest CAPITALIST platform ever"
- TrainingAddict
- 6wx
- 30 Jun 2023
oki, 30 Jun 2023The day Google bans ad blockers is the day I stop using you... moreYou won't be the only one I stopped using google chrome a long time ago now it's time for YT EU plans to split the google ad business into separate companies so they'll get a kick in the ass soon anyway.
I am one hundred percent sure that you will still be able to block ads on YT simply without a google account
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- Zero
- EU0
- 30 Jun 2023
Man Or A Monster, 30 Jun 2023Good for small content creators that just want to make few ... morePlot Twist: It backfires badly against the Premium users.
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- Man Or A Monster
- pks
- 30 Jun 2023
Good for small content creators that just want to make few more bucks from their contents, and good for companies that are paying but not getting value for the ads.
Bad for users that already have to deal with annoying and multiple ads on YouTube.
I guess premium subscribers will increase now.
- TrainingAddict
- 6wx
- 30 Jun 2023
Anonymous, 30 Jun 2023It would be great if there were a viable alternativeWith these rules, it may soon arise
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- Anonymous
- XUv
- 30 Jun 2023
GAMIR3DH, 30 Jun 2023If they tone down the frequency of ads i may stop using a A... moreThe annoying part actually to watch a 1-3 minute video need to watch 2x15 seconds ads
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- Anonymous
- Iby
- 30 Jun 2023
I will not comply. Keep using uBlock and ReVanced people.
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- Anonymous
- fCE
- 30 Jun 2023
GAMIR3DH, 30 Jun 2023If they tone down the frequency of ads i may stop using a A... moreThat's what happens when one app has a monopoly in its segment. People have no other option
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- oki
- sw3
- 30 Jun 2023
The day Google bans ad blockers is the day I stop using youtube. I would rather not watch anything than watch ads