YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete - eviltoast

YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

  • tabular@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Simply put: why care about their point of view? Google does not have your best interests in mind, often the opposite. There’s no where else to get almost all of the content, why do without or waste time with ads in this short life.

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      3 months ago

      YouTube could fall off the face of the earth and I would probably see my quality of life improve slightly.

      I don’t give a shit about Google. Perspective here is important when you threaten to leave the platform all together, as if they would care. If you’re one of the users they gain no ad revenue or subscription revenue from, they’re probably happy to see you go.

      Could they be doing more to try to turn Adblock users in to paid subscribers? Sure. I’m not here to defend their methods. I’m just saying that if you’re not paying, and you can’t be served ads, they really don’t care if you continue to use the service or not.