YouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comexternal-link Pete Hahnloser ( @Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) TechnologyEnglish • 9 months ago message-square72arrow-up1188
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minus-square katy ✨ ( @cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink5•9 months agopeople really overestimate how many people use ad blockers and sponsorblock…
minus-square filcuk ( @filcuk@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilink13•9 months ago30% desktop, 15% mobile estimated in the US use ad blockers. That is not insignificant by any means, even if it’s overestimated.
minus-square JackbyDev ( @JackbyDev@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoI imagine the amount of people using sponsorblock specifically are much smaller.
minus-square filcuk ( @filcuk@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilink6•9 months agohttps://sponsor.ajay.app/stats/ You’re right, but I think it’s fairly safe to assume that if one knows about sponsorblock, they’re using an ad blocker too.
minus-square JackbyDev ( @JackbyDev@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoOf course, I was only saying few people used sponsor block compared to (any) general ad blocker.
minus-square UltraGiGaGigantic ( @UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoSo few… I’m going to just start offering to install ad blockers in everyone’s phone
people really overestimate how many people use ad blockers and sponsorblock…
30% desktop, 15% mobile estimated in the US use ad blockers.
That is not insignificant by any means, even if it’s overestimated.
I imagine the amount of people using sponsorblock specifically are much smaller.
https://sponsor.ajay.app/stats/
You’re right, but I think it’s fairly safe to assume that if one knows about sponsorblock, they’re using an ad blocker too.
Of course, I was only saying few people used sponsor block compared to (any) general ad blocker.
So few… I’m going to just start offering to install ad blockers in everyone’s phone