arstechnica ,
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YouTube appears to be reducing video and site performance for ad-block users

YouTube seems to be punishing ad-block users with reduced performance.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/youtube-appears-to-be-reducing-video-and-site-performance-for-ad-block-users/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

isd_d ,
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@arstechnica can the reduced performance be any worse than the ad-ridden one? 🤓

DMTomas ,

@arstechnica aye, seemingly even for youtube premium subscribers. I just get random screwups when running on my ff with ublock origins.

nazokiyoubinbou ,
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@arstechnica They could have tried to find better ways to work with people. For example, the old simple text ad system. But no, instead they decided to double down. The thing is, this is one war they won't win, one way or the other. Whether people just keep finding ways around it or even finally start moving to other services, this can't (and must not!) work for Google.

byrev ,
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@arstechnica I tested in firefox and it still works fine there.
A wrong move that will cost!

  • Google secretly manipulates the functionality of a browser,
  • Affects the performance of computer systems,
  • It uses computing resources without user consent
  • increases energy consumption globally

How legal is what Google is doing?

This can be an interesting case for the European Court of Justice, which is just waiting to give them another fine of several billions!

KuroeNekoDemon ,
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@arstechnica Looks like someone wants to be irrelevant by the end of the year. Google, the parent company, already steals my data so why do they want more money?

Chancerubbage ,
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@arstechnica I do not sign in to use Google. I do not sign in to use YouTube. They track me anyway and I’m fine with that. I am not using ad blockers.

But if they demand account level tracking from all users, they are going to be tracking, and serving ads to , far fewer users and it will be their AND their advertisers loss.

Chancerubbage ,
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@arstechnica I haven’t had a single YouTube vid play through today.
I don’t actively use any ad blockers to my knowledge. I see YouTube ads all the time generally, using default mobile safari.

fubaroque ,
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@arstechnica Ah, they want to become even less appealing to me? 🤣

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