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Google blames ad blockers for crashing YouTube view counts (www.techradar.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] ericjmorey@discuss.online -1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The video creators decide how many ads are on their video. YouTube is a heavy influence on that decision, but the number and timing of ads is up to the creators.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Really? I have trouble believing they'd insert ads at the worst moments possible.

[–] entwine@programming.dev 0 points 5 hours ago

They do. The youtube studio thing automatically inserts a shitload of ad breaks by default, but channels have the option to customize it. When you see a video with annoying ad breaks, it's because the creator didn't choose to remove them.