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YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 3 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 97 points 3 months ago (19 children)

Despite all of their machinations my strategy of simply ignoring literally everything they say and continuing doing the same old same old appears to be flummoxing them.

I've literally not done anything and have never experienced any inconvenience. Are we sure they're doing anything at all?

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I thought I was getting that blank screen long pause before videos, turns out my phone cable was damaged, fixed it and YouTube's back to normal.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wait, how would a phone cable cause a symptom like that...?

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 points 3 months ago

Maybe they're using the phone line for their Internet ? Vsdl etc...

[–] dumbass@leminal.space -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing some of the wires being broken caused congestion or sonething, I dont know why it did it, I just know once I fixed the cable it was fine.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Was the video signal going through it? Otherwise, sounds more like a coincidence.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

100% coincidence

[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Your phone could have been switching power profiles incorrectly due to your phone rapidly switching between charging and not charging (and perhaps with a low power state depending on battery level).

@ripcord@lemmy.world Just my guess.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And this phone cable damage only impacted youtube lol

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

No, it potentially impacts cpu power profile (if it's toggling between AC and DC because of a loose connection)

This would adjust throttling of the cpu, which could impact playback in certain cases, so it's possible. Likely other apps would be affected but OP was probably most often watching videos while plugged so noticed mostly there 🤷

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