ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 months agoYouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockerswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkYouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockerswww.androidauthority.comijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoIt’s an assymetric cat-and-mouse game. YouTube does it for revenue and has to spend money to enhance their anti-adblock system, while there is an army of volunteers online who will gladly defeat these enhancements for free with an impact on a massive scale.
minus-squarehabanhero@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoBut YouTube has A LOT of money
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThe Internet has A LOT of volunteers
It’s an assymetric cat-and-mouse game.
YouTube does it for revenue and has to spend money to enhance their anti-adblock system, while there is an army of volunteers online who will gladly defeat these enhancements for free with an impact on a massive scale.
But YouTube has A LOT of money
The Internet has A LOT of volunteers