YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave
YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave
YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used. A new wave of slowdowns is hitting...
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And still, I’m more likely to stop using YouTube than to stop using an ad blocker.
That's what they want. Get all the users they aren't able to monetize off the platform to lower their costs.
I mean, I like a good Google hate train as much as the next guy, but that's kind of a legitimate thing to want.
Follow the damn train, CJ!
Ooooooh my dawg
It's YouTube's fault for setting the wrong expectations when they benefited from wild growth and success by being free all these years. I dare they go 100% paywalled. I know they won't. Otherwise they can't double dip on both premium and advertiser money. Even if they manage to go 100% paywall, it's inevitable that they will start introducing adverts to paying customers as well.
Then I'mma leech HARDER
That's a double edged sword though, lose viewers and you lose appeal to advertisers. Lose users and they're going to go somewhere else. That somewhere else will eventually grow and be competition. The bigger it gets, the faster it will grow.
They used the "You" as in the people, during their growth years to build their platform. Now they are going against the people since they no longer need us.
Way ahead of you. Recently got Nebula, which has dramatically reduced the amount of time I spend on YT. Besides, this way I can help also the people who make the videos. They don’t need to be so dependent on the whimsical and unpredictable nature of the algorithm and the ever changing landscape of what is or isn’t advertiser friendly on the platform.
If YT feels like further cranking up the enshittification dial, I say, bring it on. I’m ready to drop my watch time even lower than it currently is.
Good news: you can have the best of both by watching everything for free through piped video!