YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users::undefined

  • BURN@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Twitch started embedding ads into the stream video feed. So if you blocked the ad you also blocked the stream.

    It’s been really effective at getting me to watch less twitch. I’d love to see statistics on how many people click away immediately after an ad starts.

    • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      A streamer I was watching was playing PUBG, made it to a 1v1, and then an ad played.

      A good 99% of the chat was just ‘WHAT HAPPENED?!’ and we came back to an empty chair, with the streamer in the background.

      I haven’t watched since.

      (The streamer won with an insane pan-throw over a small hill, so it wasn’t even a lame win)

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      1 year ago

      I open a stream, get a 45 second ad, close the stream, and go do something else. Congrats, you just killed any enthusiasm I had about your platform.

      • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk
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        1 year ago

        Preroll ads never made any sense… those first few seconds are when you’re deciding whether to watch that streamer or go elsewhere. An ad makes me go elsewhere without the streamer even getting a say.

        Some streamers never use ads, but I think the bigger ones are contracted to do so.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah they definitely have an X amount of minutes of ads per hour in their contract.

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        1 year ago

        100% of the time I do the same thing. I subscribe to 1 streamer max per month and get ad free there, and pretty much don’t use the platform outside of it