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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by pharrington on Thursday September 18, 2025 @03:43AM (#45286761)
"Why not?" Because invisibly tallying a view count is completely different than displaying a visible advertisement.
Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by immibis on Thursday September 18, 2025 @08:31AM (#45288820)
Right, it's the same as asking why you don't expect an adblocker to block you from ordering pizza online - i.e. a stupid question. You expect adblockers to block ads and not block things that aren't ads. A lot of them block pointless analytics stuff but when this is actually an important part of site behaviour, it shouldn't be blocked.
Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by Macha on Thursday September 18, 2025 @12:37PM (#45291761)
How do you know what Google is doing with the data?

If it's using the same profiling to determine if you're unique, and sending it to the same datacenter that builds the ad profiles, how is the adblocker to know that the endpoint is really only invisibly tallying a view count?