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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by kelnos on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @09:40PM (#45283920)
I expect my (Premium) views are no longer counted, because my ad blocker is blocking the API endpoint that counts my views.

The fact that I have Premium is irrelevant; if YouTube isn't getting the metrics that says I watched a video, then it won't be counted.

Certainly YouTube could change the method they use to count views so it would work in my case, but they probably don't have an incentive to do so.

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