Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube’s dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there’s an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.

    • Cybersteel@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Why do they even do that. Instagram, tiktok don’t share their ad revenue with their content creators.

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        10 months ago

        Not sure. But it is one of the cornerstones of YouTube. Also tiktok does pay creators.

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        10 months ago

        $10-$30/1,000 views doesn’t sound like much. Except the people who make a career out of YouTube are regularly producing 100k+ view videos. It adds up. It’s one of the things you can pick and choose to leave out of a competitor. But it is a major reason why people put videos on YouTube.