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YouTube runs experiment addressing users with ad blocker
SiliconWizard:
Exactly.
And the subscription-everything for what used to be free online services is a new trend, as I mentioned before. It's going to be the new normal. Both to milk the cow further, and also, arguably, because most online services were just not sustainable businesses (shaky business models), so they need to make a predictable stream of revenue. Subscriptions are a fully predictable revenue, selling ads or data is not (even though it can make a lot of money).
In any case, that won't stop them from still selling your data behind your back as before, as PlainName said.
aeberbach:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on October 28, 2023, 02:37:07 pm ---I wonder how difficult it would be to just generate lots (hundreds to thousands per minute) of fake ad views using a script. Would be fun to run that on a CGNAT address, then they can't just filter by IP address without losing legitimate views.
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Like this? https://adnauseam.io/
NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: aeberbach on October 30, 2023, 08:14:01 pm ---Like this? https://adnauseam.io/
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That doesn't flood them with fake ad views, just generate some when it sees the opportunity. I'm thinking a script that just generates an absurd number of ad "views" as a form of protest.
wilfred:
For a time before the axe fell and Youtube completely stopped playing the video I had a blank silent view window before the actual video started. So I got to thinking if only the adblocker could just blank and silence the screen for ads up to 30 seconds. Id still be downloading them and they'd still play but I would neither see nor hear them. I'd take that.
I didn't think this was an original idea of mine and it turns out it wasn't.
One place that came up in my search was this one
https://blog.adblockplus.org/blog/whats-happening-with-youtube-ads
Reading that blog I saw this post
--- Quote ---typical user · 2023-10-15 01:26 · #
When I can no longer block youtube ads, I will never view a youtube video again. Very simple. 99.99% of youtube videos are complete waste of time garbage anyway.
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And this one looked worth keeping in mind although I haven't yet tried it.
--- Quote ---Steven · 2023-10-14 12:34 · #
The anti-ad blocking seems to be related to the user who’s logged in to the YouTube website. By right-clicking on the video you want to play and opening it in a Private session (as a logged-out user), doesn’t seem to activate the anti-ad block script and allows for playing the video without ads (for now).
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The first one sounds a bit dogmatic and makes me wonder why they bother to sift through the 99.99% of dross to find the pearls. But a number of comment shared the way I'm thinking and it might be time to shake of the pandemic induced viewing binge I fell into. I had 121 subscriptions and several more unsubscribed channels I still haven't stopped manually checking periodically. I arbitrarily cut the subscriptions in half and kept those the post very infrequently like Applied Science and Smarter Everyday and Technology Connections.
I even started watching American news and comment channels explaining the various trials of former President Chump. WTF? I'm not even an American.
I could definitely benefit from reducing screen time.
MK14:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on October 30, 2023, 11:49:41 pm ---That doesn't flood them with fake ad views, just generate some when it sees the opportunity. I'm thinking a script that just generates an absurd number of ad "views" as a form of protest.
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Well, adverts of some sort or other, have probably been around for centuries, or longer.
There is an imaginary red line in the sand, and if you cross it. You could be deemed a harmful hacker, and possibly be open to being prosecuted. If your activities, go too far.
Blocking adverts, or pretending to watch ones (adverts, on videos, you are actually watching) they tried to give you, via software/techniques, is one thing.
But, to specifically on purpose, activate a huge number of adverts, to play a game of poke the (Google) bear. Could end up with winning unwanted, stupid prizes. Such as visits, at 4:00 AM, by teams of men, in blue or black uniforms, then having your life turned upside down, and losing access to most things, not only YouTube.
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