YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the browser

Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b... by jklinger410 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:09AM (#38364626)

Obviously since you pay for the Steam games on Steam, advertising them at you in the platform is a win-win.

But you don't just buy more videos on YouTube. The videos are mostly free. So they have to advertise other stuff at you.

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Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b... by flohofwoe on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:26AM (#38364873)

Yeah that much is clear. I still find it fascinating though that in one case I accept a platform where basically everything I interact with is an ad (like Steam), while otherwise I reject ads that are tacked on from the side (like YouTube).

In case of YouTube it should be guiding me towards interesting content creator videos about things I might buy (like video games I'm interested in). YouTube just needs to find a way to get a chunk of my purchase money from Valve if I end up buying a game on Steam after watching a Let's Play video for that game on YouTube.

But that's something for YouTube to figure out, not me ;)

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