People are installing and uninstalling ad blockers in record high numbers as a result of YouTube's anti-ad blocking efforts.

YouTube’s plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers::People are installing and uninstalling ad blockers in record high numbers as a result of YouTube’s anti-ad blocking efforts.

  • applecore@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    11 months ago

    Don’t you have to click an ad to actually support a website like that? Did you ever click? I wouldn’t, but maybe they pay for impressions as well

    • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      In theory an ad blocker could retrieve the ads in the background and simply not display them… I’m not sure any actually do currently, but if advertisers are silly enough to pay simply through network traffic it’s an option.