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

  • Aetherion@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Please do this! YouTube will finally be unusable and Google can finally start to die completely :3

    • Plopp@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Most normies I know watch YouTube with ads already. I sadly don’t think this will put much of a dent in YouTube.

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        3 months ago

        That’s the thing, right? They’re fighting a very small minority of users blocking ads/tracking this hard

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          3 months ago

          Well the upside is that they’re not actually trying to get it to stop, they’re just making an effort to please their customers.

        • Lad@reddthat.com
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          3 months ago

          Perhaps it’s better anyway if our favourite adblock/tracker blocking services don’t become popular