YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
  • Mustafa AlbazyEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Whats the percentage of YT users who use Adblock tools? i think it’s a tiny number, mainly the power users.

      • Mustafa AlbazyEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        well, The majority of YT users doesn’t even know what is an adblocker.

        edit: typo

      • OtterSkywalkerExodus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I prefer watching on my tablet, and still got no luck with any ad blocker. Somehow I like the default YT app, so switching to something else would be hard for me…

        • BatrickPateman@feddit.deEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          I use NewPipe. Never seen a single add in 5+ years.

          Then again I don’t use a google account on YouTube.

          • Gert@lemmy.nzEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Yes NewPipe is great, just watch what you want, no ads just the channels you’re subscribed to !! But I wonder how this YouTube blocking experiment is going to affect NewPipe as it’s not using a YouTube account for watching…

    • Micromot@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I thought it was most people who use an adblock for yt atleast on pc. I only know q single person not using it

    • galaxi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’d be taken aback by anyone who doesn’t use ad blockers. That’s like internetting raw.

      • Mustafa AlbazyEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        think old people and folks who doesn’t have any tech skills , and usually those are the one who click an ad and do something with it. However, for us it’s more the ‘influence’ that affect our decision to buy something, not the ads anyway, and the marketing people knows that.