• @laxe@lemmy.ml
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    21 year ago

    That’s likely their goal. At least some percentage of ad blocking users will disable the adblock and for those that won’t, they’ll save server costs.

    For corporations that care only about quarterly stock price this makes sense. They don’t care about the long term damage to the ecosystem (adblocking users still contribute in many ways).

    • @LostCause@lemmy.ml
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      11 year ago

      Yeah probably. I‘m not gonna pretend like I contribute a ton to Youtube, but I‘m still an audience member and being advertised to by the content (like sponsorships, trailers, hype and product placement). All that heavy handed blocking and banning approach does for me is push me towards researching alternatives. Similar to how I went from piracy -> Netflix -> piracy.