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Re:YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge by indymike on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @02:27PM (#38102700)
> Wouldn’t you get the same benefit by singing up to YouTube premium?

I'm a YT premium user. I'm always shocked when I see how many ads are forced on non-premium users.

Re:YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge by dewey on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @02:47PM (#38103013)
You mean the sponsored segments that creators encode into their videos? I believe I haven't seen any ads that came from Google as a Premium subscriber.

I guess YouTube could offer some way for creators to deliver two different videos to regular and premium subscribers so they could even take out sponsored segments?

Assuming this would be a non-trivial balance act because decently sized niche channels could probably make a big chunk from a big sponsor vs. free users seeing ads.