L4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoYouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about itmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square300fedilinkarrow-up1696arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1679arrow-down1external-linkYouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about itmashable.comL4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square300fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoIt’s harder to profit from that, so obviously that’s not the direction things went.
minus-square@TotallynotJessica@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoTo be fair, they aren’t exactly profiting from the current strategy.
minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoYoutube itself might not be making a profit, but I double Google as a whole isn’t by having YouTube. They keep you in their ecosystem longer, and that’s good for them regardless of if you’re watching ads.
It’s harder to profit from that, so obviously that’s not the direction things went.
To be fair, they aren’t exactly profiting from the current strategy.
Youtube itself might not be making a profit, but I double Google as a whole isn’t by having YouTube. They keep you in their ecosystem longer, and that’s good for them regardless of if you’re watching ads.