Powderhorn ( Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years agoYouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1188
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minus-squarekaty ✨ ( cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agopeople really overestimate how many people use ad blockers and sponsorblock…
minus-squarefilcuk ( filcuk@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years ago30% desktop, 15% mobile estimated in the US use ad blockers. That is not insignificant by any means, even if it’s overestimated.
minus-squareJackbyDev ( JackbyDev@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoI imagine the amount of people using sponsorblock specifically are much smaller.
minus-squarefilcuk ( filcuk@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years 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-squareJackbyDev ( JackbyDev@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoOf course, I was only saying few people used sponsor block compared to (any) general ad blocker.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic ( UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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