- cross-posted to:
- piracy@lemmit.online
- cross-posted to:
- piracy@lemmit.online
- 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.
The same reasons as open source software devs.
Some content creators but not most of them. A lot of open source software advertises too.