Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures
by dakiol on Saturday June 21, 2025 @06:28AM
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Couldn’t youtube easily discern those who are young and naive from those who aren’t so that the latter don’t get ads? It would be a win-win for everyone: youtube spends less (no need to spend bandwidth), companies dont get hated that much, non-naive-young consumers are not bombarded with ads.
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People are known to buy stuff on eBay when they are drunk. So they don't want to miss out on opportunism!!
But lots of companies are now allowing people to pay to not see ads.
> It would be a win-win for everyone
Not the naive young ones. Who are also the prime target for radicalisation.
Anecdotally, YouTube will show to boomer home owners scam solar product ads which they'd never show their younger, more scam-resistant counterparts. So they at least make some adjustment.
Also wouldn't we farm & sell our ad-free accounts
PS: maybe they could just show us Coke ads, whichever ubiquitous brands necessarily advertise to stay in our consciousness etc.