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Re:YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads by unmole on Thursday July 06, 2023 @12:58AM (#36611475)
> where do you think one of the largest company in the world go their money from exactly?

From advertisers. That stream is being cut down by ad-blockers.

> more than enough profit

You are extracting more than enough value from YouTube already. You can either sit through the ads or pay up. It's just pure toxic entitlement at this point.

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Re:YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads by throwawayadvsec on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:14PM (#36620391)
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOG/alphabet/reve...

"Alphabet revenue for the twelve months ending March 31, 2023 was $284.612B, a 5.28% increase year-over-year.

Alphabet annual revenue for 2022 was $282.836B, a 9.78% increase from 2021.

Alphabet annual revenue for 2021 was $257.637B, a 41.15% increase from 2020.

Alphabet annual revenue for 2020 was $182.527B, a 12.77% increase from 2019." "

By "cut down" do you mean "all time high"?

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