YouTube's got its sights on ad blockers with a new dialog box notifying users of a three-strike policy

It looks like Google are pushing pretty hard on AdBlockers now. Looks like a pretty aggressive new UI from them.

I’m finding revanced for Android is still working well, but I’ve got no idea when that’ll become less reliable

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  • AnonymousLlama@kbin.socialOP
    20·
    1 year ago

    Yeah that’s the thing. I’m happy to watch reasonable ads but the concept of reasonable seems to continuously shift. I was happy with a single 15s ad occasionally but it’s:

    • 2x 10s ads
    • 1x 15s ad and 1x 10s ad (with a skip at 5s in)
    • 1x 15s as (with maybe a skip at 5s)

    Like the pattern and the frequency are all over the place and it feels like I’m constantly watching ads.

    I get that need to pay for traffic / usage, but I’m watching 720p / 1080p at compressed quality. How much do they truly need

    • ZickZack@kbin.social
      13·
      1 year ago

      And don’t forget that even after that you still have to watch baked-in “This video is sponsored by <insert shady company here>” adds since the actual revenue that gets passed to creators from youtube is so low that to keep the ship afloat they have to look for additional revenue streams.