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A comment on YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin. Parent comment

Re:YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin by hellojesus on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:06PM (#38087005)
> People refuse to get out of them is the market.

People refuse to get out of them because they are still the most efficient providers. Regardless of the user experience degradation, YouTube still offers the best product. For example, Rumble doesnt let me start looking for ve events from the beginning. YouTube does. Better experience.

My hypothesis: if YouTube only worked on Web Integrity browsers and forced a four hour ad before content was played, people woulf move elsewhere. They havent yet because YT is still the best.

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Re:YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin by intended on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @09:09PM (#38107659)
I dont understand how people reach these conclusions - when we opened the conversation with discussions on the abuse of market power.

AND this is tech. The place that "network effects" was coined.

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