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Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b... by acdha on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @11:05AM (#38365495)
They burned a lot of VC, getting market share until Google bought them and shutdown “Google Video”. They had some media deals but I don’t think they would have survived very long without the huge infrastructure support Google could offer.
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Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b... by Obscurity4340 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @09:42AM (#38379842)
What was the state of the art in terms of open source ad blockers at the time, do you know? Its seems like this is more of a recent thing, cracking down on adblockers
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