YouTube is waging a war against adblockers...and losing.
  • YouTube is intensifying efforts to combat adblockers, including blocking video playback and warning users of potential account suspension.
  • Increased ads on YouTube have driven many users to adblockers, hurting both YouTube’s ad revenue and content creators reliant on ad-based income.
  • Despite these measures, many users are leaving YouTube or finding workarounds, leading creators to seek alternative revenue streams off-platform.
    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      16·
      3 months ago

      Platforms like Floatplane, Nebula, Patreon etc make it so easy to support creators outside of YouTube, while also giving creators a larger share of income compared to Adsense.

      There’s YouTube Premium… but I don’t think I’m alone in not wanting to give Google a single cent of my hard earned cash

      • simonced@lemmy.oneEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        I already have Pixel phones, they can already spy on me. No f’ing way I pay to remove enshitification. Also, they’ll increase the price regularly anyway. If they want ppl to pay, they could just paywall the whole thing, well see who’s left after that lol.

      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        I’ve actually looked at these platforms as someone who has taken YouTube semi seriously in the past, and there are two major issues with them.

        The first is, they don’t allow just anyone to upload video, you must already be an established creator. Second, there is no free access for viewers, meaning someone isn’t likely to share a link to your video with friends.

        YouTube really does have a monopoly.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        3 months ago

        The problem with things like Patreon is that nobody with an average income can afford to pay “only 5 dollars per month, 10 for premium membership” for each channel and podcaster they have subscribed to. It makes more sense to rather pay a flat fee for one or two streaming services (in my case Nebula and YT Premium) than 30 Patreon memberships.

        • cybersandwich@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14·
          3 months ago

          Linus got phished out of his twitter account recently.

          Respect where it’s due. He owned it and was transparent so everyone can learn. Apparently he was at a pool party and just about to throw the burgers on the grill when he got an email that said his account was logged into from Turkey or Russia or someplace.

          He panicked a bit, because of the last time his YouTube account was hacked he felt like acting quickly was the only thing that help it not be worse. I think he clicked the link in the email and “logged in” and boom. Got em.

          Caught him at the right time and place and it all aligned to burn him.