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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 01:45:41 JST Ars Technica

   YouTube tries to kill ad blockers in push for ad dollars, Premium subs

   Ads are YouTube's biggest revenue source.

   https://arstechnica.com/google/2023/11/youtube-tries-to-kill-ad-blockers-in-push-for-ad-dollars-premium-subs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • 1 Fuckering Light (monsoonrains@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 01:46:20 JST 1 Fuckering Light

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     @arstechnica Also, most obnoxious.

   • shanen (shanen@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 01:49:10 JST shanen

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     @arstechnica

     YouTube is a sewer, but it's a dominant sewer and no serious competition is allowed against first movers these years. Some "precious" VCs might get hurt!

     But I'm glad the criminal enterprise known as YouTube continues to fail. Supporting criminals should not be profitable, and I think that's most of what's still driving YouTube. Or haven't you noticed the zombot recruiting?

   • Felipe 🏴♾️⛧ (felipe_b@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 02:20:18 JST Felipe 🏴♾️⛧

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     @arstechnica *checks notes*
     1.19 million ads blocked, so not here apparently

   • The Green Knight (greenknight23@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 03:06:49 JST The Green Knight

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     @arstechnica I'll disable my adblocker when they provide one ad for every 15minutes of content.

     Sick of seeing 15 minutes of ads for 5 minutes of content.

   • WhateverWorks (mehwhatever@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 03:34:57 JST WhateverWorks

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     @arstechnica People will not give up ad blockers no matter how hard youtube tries.

   • Stefen Hudson (stefenhudson@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 06:22:10 JST Stefen Hudson

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     @arstechnica If ads are bringing in more money, maybe they should work on making ads less irritating if they want people to turn off ad blockers. I seriously question the mental competency of these people sometimes.