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Re:YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster by cvhashim04 on Thursday November 23, 2023 @05:20PM (#38398275)
Hard to pay for something that most users perceived as *free*
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Re:YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster by djur on Thursday November 23, 2023 @05:23PM (#38398300)
YouTube has had ads forever. It's never been free.
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Re:YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster by asadotzler on Thursday November 23, 2023 @07:12PM (#38399316)
This is disingenuous and inaccurate. YouTube had no ads in 2005 or 2006. Further, YouTube ads in 2007, 2011 and today are not really even in the same category.
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