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    • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6 months

      Even on a computer without ad blocker (work laptop, chrome browser)

      the number of times i say “nah i don’t need to see that” as soon as thes annoying ads comes up before the video…

      The decline probably has very little to do with ad blockers.

      • masterofn001@lemmy.caEnglish
        6 months

        Exactly.

        If I am forced to see ads, especially intrusive or page filling ones, I will not continue.

        I watched lots of YouTube in the past.

        When they started inserting ads into the videos (not channel sponsored stuff), the camel started getting weak.

        When they started requiring sign-ins or blocking access when using a proxy that was the straw.

        I don’t use YouTube anymore.

      • b34k@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6 months

        The decline was very sudden, almost instantaneous, and can be traced back to the exact date a block list, used by most major desktop ad blockers, added the YouTube View Counter API endpoint to their list.

        But sure… nothing to do with ad blockers.