Youtube and others want their users to disable adblockers to increase their revenue from advertisements, but will forcing the users to so do be effective in ...
And the time we have to put in that effort. Seeing those messages want me to block them even more and if they block me, then it’s a challenge to unblock it.
This implies our fine efforts to keep getting ad-free content keeps some YouTube techs employed.
I’m reminded of the egregious copyright defending efforts of Sony, Universal, etc. is not because they’re afraid of dancing babies, but because they outsourced IP policing and their subcontracting firms couldn’t care less about tact or discretion.
In contrast it is totally on brand for Disney and Nintendo to go after day-care murals.
And the time we have to put in that effort. Seeing those messages want me to block them even more and if they block me, then it’s a challenge to unblock it.
Plus the dev-hours spent combating ad blockers are billable. My hours aren’t.
This implies our fine efforts to keep getting ad-free content keeps some YouTube techs employed.
I’m reminded of the egregious copyright defending efforts of Sony, Universal, etc. is not because they’re afraid of dancing babies, but because they outsourced IP policing and their subcontracting firms couldn’t care less about tact or discretion.
In contrast it is totally on brand for Disney and Nintendo to go after day-care murals.