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YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

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990 points smitop | 1 comments | 20 Jun 25 17:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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ttyyzz ◴[20 Jun 25 18:06 UTC] No.44330288[source]▶
Having to pay for something so that's "less annoying" is the worst business model. YouTube Premium is very expensive. I had it for a while when I got a Pixel smartphone with a few months of YouTube Premium included. It was great. I also understand that streaming on this scale must entail incredibly high operating costs; the money has to come from somewhere. It's simply a dilemma. But there has to be a better way. Any ideas?
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1. grandiego ◴[21 Jun 25 00:00 UTC] No.44333268[source]▶
At least on TV I occasionally catch randomly interesting ads... sometimes. On YT, I'm stuck with the same obnoxious commercial from a company whose service I strongly dislike, playing on loop ever since they associated me to some related product category. They think pestering me with more interruptions will win me over, but their analytics are working in reverse. I can't understand why they're so clueless.