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

    • Mandy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      not only is this a seemingly random site that needs you to use an account to access part of the information, all you need to do is not look at a random site that pulls stats out of their arse like you say, they dont explain where the data comes from, they dont explain anything.

      I dont need to pull random ass data from that sketch site, this small amount of legwork is far more than necessary nor what you deserve for being a dick about it: (lets not forget you just say “elsewhere” without showing us, well, anything)

      firefox addon site users:

      ublock origin: 6.713.504 adblocker ultimate: 2.286.976 adguard adblocker: 991.481 block site: 518.605 adblock plus: 4.236.338 ghostery: 1.104.375 adblock for firefox: 1.166.799

      everything else is too small and inconsequential to mention, same with github, thats a total of 17.018.078, firefox usercount FROM firefox, about 188 million

      https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity

      since webstore doesnt use proper numbers we can only assume but:

      adblock best adblocker: 10million+ adblock plus: 10million+ adaway: 2million+ ublock origin: 10million+

      thats again, only super roughly but 32 million users compared to chromes rough 3.3 BILLION users

      both of these may nto be exactly 0.01 % sure, but we are all inconsequential and mean nothing compared to the total count of uers, who barely know what a browser is, let alone what an adblocker is.

          • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1 year ago

            That can’t really be done to people who don’t use chrome. People who use chrome are morons though and might not realise they can just switch software.

        • erwan@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          “All this effort” is not a big investment for Google, and that rounding error is worth several millions. I’m sure the small team they put together is worth it even if ad blockers are very small.

          Companies want to pursue growth, and every million is worth grabbing.

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        1 year ago

        YouTube itself has 2.7 billion monthly active users. Even if everyone rolling an adblocker is using YouTube, that’s still less than 2% of users. Of course, people who use YT more often are also probably more likely to be blocking ads, so going by the 122 million daily active users, 49 million could potentially be a hefty chunk of users. The real percentage of views getting adblocked is going to be somewhere in-between. It’s also worth noting that the numbers you pulled are likely inflated due to extensions being installed on multiple devices.

        If I had to pull a number out of my ass, I’d guess it’s around 15%. Not a lot, not negligible.

    • sleepy555@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      When I read something like that, I don’t think “hey those are actual stats, wow!”. I actually think “hey those are actual stats, whoa!”. Kidding.

      You’re being pedantic for no reason

      It’s a generalization and their point was not the numbers. It was that in the past people complain about this kind of atuff, Google ignores it and people move on. Google probably even still continues to grow.

      However, I think things have been shifting and that may not even end up being the case. Look at Unity.