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[–] [email protected] 69 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Something like less than 5% of users use adblockers - and yet that's still too many for youtube. They just can't have a 95% revenue stream, they have to ruin what little tech credibility they had left and ruin it for that tiny 5%. I hope this only encourages more robust ad blockers.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Right! Google acting like they are losing billions a month due to adblockers when in reality it’s like .2% of their total profits and they STILL foaming at the mouth.

🖕

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Exactly. Google is showing they are not innovators anymore. A good company would invent new that they would be focusing on. They're putting so much attention here that it tells me they have nothing better to work on.

They're going the Microsoft route. Google has been behind on all the latest tech innovations for a while. They were last to build a cloud, late building LLMs, what have they actually innovated in the last few years?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Pioneeers in the field 🙃

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, they seem to always find innovative ways to screw, well, everyone.

Wait…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

"Our core business is to fuck you over!"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In fairness, those 5% of users probably make up a larger portion of views than their non-blocking counterparts…

Wait… never mind. Fuck fairness. Fuck Google. Fuck YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing you're underestimating the amount of little kids who are simply put in front of a tablet with Pepa Pig on YouTube

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don’t think I am. The potential conversions from adults addicted to YouTube with plenty of disposable income (techies) is probably greater than the conversions from a little kid who gets to watch Peppa Pig for 2 hours a day.

But maybe I am… who knows. Either way, Google doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt regardless.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

These tech companies have learned they can get away it. Think of how many people were password sharing on Netflix? How many people were using unofficial Reddit apps? Tiny fractions of the userbase but they never get any financial blowback from stamping them out, so they're going to continue to do that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I put a relative's mobile phone on NextDNS to block ads for them, and the came back a couple days later noting how weird the ad-free experience was. Thankfully they didn't want to revert, but yeah, most people are way into advertiser Stockholm Syndrome at this point.

I think I've been blocking/combating internet ads for 20+ years at this point.