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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by bilekas on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:08AM (#35898773)
> I believe it is my right to adjust my browsing experience by affecting how websites are rendered in my browser to a degree I find reasonable, as well as from my side what data tracking I allow, which is already a huge compromise for me (I would rather not allow js by default in most websites).

Agree completely. I know people who are fine with watching ads to support the content creators and I agree. The creators should be compensated but Google are far too agressive with their ads.

Being able to manipulate my own machine and what I want to view is entirely up to me. This can't be infringed.

There is always the option today to block from the client side, but I can see this changing I'd there's enough money involved.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by raffraffraff on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:49AM (#35899099)
You also use swype style keyboard input?
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by bilekas on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:50AM (#35899113)
I don't but I am on my phone. I'll clean up the grammar shortly!
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by raffraffraff on Saturday May 13, 2023 @06:37PM (#35933457)
Oh, I just recognized a specific swypey mistake that I've seen myself make lots of times. But maybe they'd also happen on regular text prediction too? My sister in law regularly uses voice input, and her Whatsapp messages have totally different types of errors.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by bluefirebrand on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:44AM (#35901961)
> Agree completely. I know people who are fine with watching ads to support the content creators and I agree. The creators should be compensated but Google are far too agressive with their ads.

The part I dislike about this is that they will demonetize a video for content reasons, but still show ads on it.

I also don't know how it works with YouTube Premium. If I have Premium and I watch a creator, does YouTube pay them some tiny % of my subscription fee to offset the ads that I'm no longer watching?

I feel like that's not likely

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by bilekas on Thursday May 11, 2023 @10:43AM (#35902863)
> If I have Premium and I watch a creator, does YouTube pay them some tiny % of my subscription fee to offset the ads that I'm no longer watching?

I'm not a content creator but Google do claim that a small % of the pool goes to the creators you watch, I guess kind of like a Spotify model.

> Will creators still be paid with YouTube Premium? Yes. In fact, YouTube Premium gives a secondary revenue stream for creators in addition to what you're already earning today through ads.

[0] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6306276?hl=en#zipp...

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by gundmc on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:31PM (#35904548)
> I also don't know how it works with YouTube Premium. If I have Premium and I watch a creator, does YouTube pay them some tiny % of my subscription fee to offset the ads that I'm no longer watching?

> I feel like that's not likely

I believe this is exactly how it works.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by majewsky on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:52PM (#35921428)
Yes. In fact Youtube Premium views are much more valuable to the creator than an ad-supported view.
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