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minus-square@yamanii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish56•9 months ago87.7% of the users watch on mobile, they are this mad about 12.3% possibly having access to an adblock.
minus-squareMkenginelinkfedilinkEnglish25•9 months agoDo you mean 87.7% use the YouTube iOS/Android App or 87.7% use their smartphone to watch YouTube? Because in the latter case you also can use ReVanced, Firefox + Adblock, Invidious, etc.
minus-square@ILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish9•9 months agoInvidious (and other front ends) wouldn’t be effected by this This is web and official app
minus-square@Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish19•9 months agoI watch on mobile and have all ads blocked. There are multiple options a ton of people use
minus-square@HolyDriver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoInsert smug “I run YouTube with Firefox with adblock installed” comment here. I’ve not seen any of the anti block stuff yet
87.7% of the users watch on mobile, they are this mad about 12.3% possibly having access to an adblock.
Do you mean 87.7% use the YouTube iOS/Android App or 87.7% use their smartphone to watch YouTube? Because in the latter case you also can use ReVanced, Firefox + Adblock, Invidious, etc.
Invidious (and other front ends) wouldn’t be effected by this
This is web and official app
I watch on mobile and have all ads blocked. There are multiple options a ton of people use
Insert smug “I run YouTube with Firefox with adblock installed” comment here. I’ve not seen any of the anti block stuff yet
[Laughs nervously in NewPipe]
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