Kow wrote:Well sites certainly know if you're using an ad blocker.
equinox_code wrote:I'm not exactly sure how ad blocker works. Do video hosting platforms know when one is being used, and deduct that view count from what the content maker would have been paid?
Kow wrote:How much of an ad do you have to watch for them to get revenue?
equinox_code wrote:Would it be possible to make an ad blocker that loads/registers the ad but then doesn't show me?
equinox_code wrote:Would it be possible to make an ad blocker that loads/registers the ad but then doesn't show me?
Maybe just highlighting how little I understand of this stuff.
I can empathise with content-making people wanting to get paid but I honestly don't care anywhere near enough to expose myself to adverts for the cause.
mistercrayon wrote:If you pay 15 quid a month to take ads off YouTube andwatch a Linus videodrink Bro Bomb — all the energy, all the time — it still contains at least three adverts as part of the content.
mistercrayon wrote:If you pay 15 quid a month to take ads off YouTube and watch a Linus video it still contains at least three adverts as part of the content.
b0r1s wrote:mistercrayon wrote:If you pay 15 quid a month to take ads off YouTube and watch a Linus video it still contains at least three adverts as part of the content.
WTF
b0r1s wrote:mistercrayon wrote:If you pay 15 quid a month to take ads off YouTube and watch a Linus video it still contains at least three adverts as part of the content.
WTF
b0r1s wrote:I meant that is still has ads but I see you mean just ads the publisher has created in their content. I still think it’s far too expensive. I don’t care about YT music and £11.99 is far too expensive to remove ads.
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