Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics

Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by ryandrake on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @11:31AM (#28369309)

Reminds me of a thread a while ago pointing out that a single show dominates the MTV programming lineup almost every day [1]. It's as if there is some algorithm running without human intervention that feeds on itself by reacting only to current viewing habits:

    foreach (show s in lineup)
        if (s.viewers > THRESHOLD)
            lineup.replace_with_more (s)

Obviously resulting in this weird local maxima where no other shows get broadcast.

1: https://twitter.com/MTVSchedule/status/1422934028253081603

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Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by jandrese on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:02PM (#28373632)

I don't have MTV so I had to look up what "Ridiculousness" is. Apparently they play Youtube/Tiktok/etc... clips? Sounds like it must be incredibly cheap to produce. This is what it looks like when you let a race to the bottom continue on indefinitely.

And the cable industry can't understand why people keep cutting the cord. Can you imagine shelling out $120/month to have some producers pick out Youtube clips for you?

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Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by version_five on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @07:21PM (#28374807)

I went to a big box bar/restaurant a couple years ago, and they had a big screen TV playing basically what you describe. I wonder if that is the audience, subscribers using is as essentially something in the background? It's hard to believe there are enough that want this to make it economically viable...

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