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YouTube's Ban on Ad Block Gets WORSE (Part 2).
â–º Episode 1: https://rumble.com/v3vrh97-youtube-regrets-banning-ad-block.html
YouTube's desperate war against ad blockers that is guaranteed to fail and result in a major self-sabotage. YouTube engages in a confrontational stance against ad blockers, having lost the initial battle and escalating measures with stricter restrictions, including account suspensions and potential legal actions for repeat offenders. This aggressive approach is likely to have negative repercussions, as attacking its own user base is unsustainable in the long run.
The crackdown began with attempts to prevent video playback for users employing ad blockers, leading to workarounds, increased ad blocker effectiveness, and potential legal challenges from certain countries. In response, extension developers and browsers like Brave found ways to evade detection while blocking ads.
Undeterred by these setbacks, YouTube adopted a new strategy to compromise the experience for ad-blocking users, incorporating intentional delays before video pages load. This move, confirmed by YouTube, aims to thwart ad blockers across all browsers. Users encountering delays are urged to disable ad blockers, with YouTube suggesting that such issues will persist as their ad-blocker detection methods improve.
Google's campaign against ad blockers extends to Chrome, introducing changes that undermine popular ad-blocking extensions like uBlock Origin. This follows the shutdown of YouTube Vanced, a modified ad-free version for Android. If these measures prove ineffective, YouTube contemplates blacklisting ad-blocking users, citing violations of the platform's Terms of Service, potentially leading to account suspension and legal action for persistent offenders.
Despite YouTube's determined and aggressive efforts, the strategy is likely to backfire. Many users prefer discontinuing platform use over enduring intrusive ads, while YouTube Premium's cost is deemed excessive by a significant portion of the user base. Drawing parallels to the music industry's unsuccessful battle against piracy, YouTube is urged to innovate, aligning with user preferences to avoid brand resentment and potential loss of its current monopoly to emerging alternative platforms. Ultimately, coercive tactics are expected to give way to user-driven innovation or risk users migrating to more accommodating platforms.
Music:
From Russia With Love - Huma-Huma
Carmen Habanera (Instrumental)
Dream It - TrackTribe
00:00 YouTube's war on ad blockers
00:32 YouTube's ad crackdown
00:39 Ad blockers became more powerful
00:59 Making the YouTube experience worse for ad-block users
01:59 Chrome weakens UBlock Origin & shutdown of YouTube Vanced
02:20 YouTube’s potential blacklist for ad-block users
02:44 Ad-block users unbothered.
03:15 YouTube Premium’s pricing problem
03:38 The music industry’s failed piracy battle
03:54 Piracy skyrocketed despite legal threats
04:14 Chuck D (Public Enemy) CNN News Interview
04:30 What the music industry did to survive
04:42 Top YouTubers have already ditched native ads
05:04 Lessons from the music industry’s pivot
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