It's times like these that online advertisements need to get creative to get ahead in this never ending adblocking arms race, just like the very subtle advertisement in the car scene in the Academy Award nominated film, "Barbie", now available in Blu-ray and select streaming services.
God I love the web platform!
This just in: Google suddently discontinues support for popular and profitable ad blocker blocker blocker blocker, because literally all they know how to do is kill things that work.
No one can beat Ublock Origin
I hope it stays that way.
Dunno if I'm not updated but occasionally ads will actually load or at least try to load and completely restart my video. Usually only happens when I wake the computer up and it has a YouTube video midway through.
Youtube's crackdown on adblocker usage has created a huge Streisand effect. There's a lot of people all over the world that would've never known about adblockers if youtube just didn't say anything and didn't do exactly what they did.
Now, all the major adblockers and ad-blocking browsers have stepped their game up and made it so people can still block ads on youtube.
There's userscripts you can get from greasyfork...or is it greaseyfork that allow you to bypass all of youtube's bullshit.
100% of the videos that actually belong on youtube are almost always demonetized anyway.
If you're not constantly getting demonetized on every video you put out, despite bending over backwards to follow the rules, you're doing something wrong.
There’s a lot of people all over the world that would’ve never known about adblockers
I see this sentiment a lot. Is there any reliable data to support it?
Not OP but in my personal experience I've talked to countless people that had no idea watching YouTube without ads is possible (without paying) and their minds were blown. With Google calling out attention to it like this, I'm sure many will get curious. Most people don't use their electronics beyond basic functionality..
And tbh you're gonna be hard pressed to get real data of how many ppl are suddenly finding out about it.
Exhibit A: Youtube premium
Not to mention that Vanced-type apps and content mirrors are still going strong, and proper alternative platforms like Grayjay and Nebula are getting more attractive.
I wonder how soon self-hosted video distribution will be feasible. Does ActivityPub support that yet?
I think Peertube fits that description: "PeerTube is a self-hosted ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser."
I'm one of the dozen people that bought premium to not have to deal with it. I'm just patiently waiting for alternatives to become more viable so I can jump ship entirely. YouTube is the last remaining Google service I still use.
You have funded the enemy.
From what I've read, YouTubers don't get paid from views that use an ad-blocker, but they still do from views that have premium, so my justification is that I'm helping support the creators I like. I'm also paying for Nebula, which some of the documentary-style creators upload to as well now.