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Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b... by Workaccount2 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:45AM (#38364283)
From people who run websites and do analytics on this stuff, the number of acceptable ads people with the knowledge to use an ad-blocker will endure is:

zero.

People say dumb stuff like "I whitelist my favorite sites and would be happy to watch a few short ads"

But the fact of that matter is that virtually no-one in the ad blocking crowd actually does this.

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Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b... by kergonath on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @11:59AM (#38366354)
I would watch ads if the friction they caused were lower than the friction of maintaining an ad blocker and random sites that break every so often.

I suspect that is the same for the vast majority of people. Just like with music back in the day: people accept a minor nuisance (either ads or a small monetary cost) if they feel they get a good deal (a smooth experience and reliable content).

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Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b... by JetSpiegel on Sunday December 03, 2023 @05:43AM (#38506123)
That's why Google is removimg ad blockers on Chrome, the second friction is then infinite.
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