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

    Users complain but 99% of the 0,01% that actually use adblockers will just continue, just like how internet “boycotts” always end, by going back to the dystopian status quo

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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.

      • 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.

    • deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Yes. Remember when everyone would leave reddit because of the API tax? 😂 reddit, front page of hypocrisy.