YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers
YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers
People are installing and uninstalling ad blockers in record high numbers as a result of YouTube's anti-ad blocking efforts.
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Youtube is a perfect example of why ad blockers exist. They use ridiculous ad volumes and spy on their users for data to sell.
97 0 Replyive had ads longer than the video i watch and then ads when that video ends
20 0 ReplyYouTube doesn’t sell user data, the data is for targeting ads.
5 0 ReplyYou realize Google owns YouTube, right? 😆
4 0 ReplyGoogle owns YouTube and the AdSense advertising network. They don’t need to sell the data to advertisers because they are the advertiser. It’s more valuable for them to just hoard that for forever and use it for ad targeting.
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