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youtube getting more aggressive.. i've got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up

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[โ€“] ares35@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there's enough people mindlessly consuming content off the site via mobile or tv, or are clueless about adblockers to begin with, youtube will continue to exist and be profitable even if every adblocking user never visited the site again.

[โ€“] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Until alternatives take off because the user experience becomes increasingly shitty. You really think Google isn't going to ratchet up the ads over time?