mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up1942arrow-down113
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minus-squareSixty@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·19 days agoI use adblockers, but I’m confused how this would hurt google if people using adblockers stopped using youtube.
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·19 days agoLess views = less relevancy of the platform. For live streams they have always played second fiddle. For short videos there is even more competition. Just wait for China to open up Billie Billie or instead make a separate version for the west.
minus-squarethrowawayacc0430@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-214 days agodeleted by creator
I use adblockers, but I’m confused how this would hurt google if people using adblockers stopped using youtube.
Less views = less relevancy of the platform. For live streams they have always played second fiddle. For short videos there is even more competition. Just wait for China to open up Billie Billie or instead make a separate version for the west.
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