YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay for Music

Re:YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay ... by Daycrawler on Thursday March 22, 2018 @08:00AM (#16647812)

Is a business model built on people's ignorance of ad-blockers really reliable?

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Re:YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay ... by drngdds on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:12AM (#16648292)

I'd imagine a significant portion of their traffic comes from iOS/Android users, and it's not as easy to block video ads on those.

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Re:YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay ... by amelius on Thursday March 22, 2018 @08:34AM (#16648025)

Do ad-blockers now also block video-ads in youtube?

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Re:YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay ... by drngdds on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:11AM (#16648287)

Yeah, they've done that for a long time.

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Re:YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay ... by amelius on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:25AM (#16648408)

Why does youtube not detect/fight this? I mean they can easily delay serving the real video until after the ad is shown.

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