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If they switched over to this method instead of the current I would argue an adblocker wouldn't even improve the experience, the problem is that it interrupts my actual content in the middle of the video.

But for people using YouTube to follow textile patterns, photoshop tutorials, repairs, etc. needing to pause frequently while still seeing the full screen is a big deal 😬

I use Ublock Origin and Firefox/DDG's "view here", so I think I'm safe..

Edit: Also, Google is greedy af, so it's def cumulative with existing ads; the article doesn't say otherwise.

I don't think they will because the competition is too incompetent. I give you two examples:

I'm a subscriber of Nebula, a paid streaming service where educational YouTubers get a better cut and users don't get ads. Those creators almost always fail to promote their Nebula uploads. "Hey guys, new video." And they link to YouTube only. Also they leave their Patreon shout-outs in which is not what I'm paying money for. YouTube with Sponsor Block just is the better experience at this point and I just keep paying for Nebula because I hope it'll get better and I like its idea.

Second example: I try to watch live streaming on the websites of the broadcaster or so. And more often than not it's a shit show: I can't properly pause the streams because they don't support time shifting and bitrate adjustments are also not as smooth as YouTube.

It's 2024 and internet video is over two decades old at this point and yet almost nobody else manages to get their shit together. Companies like Netflix have good tech but their business is completely different, so those compete with YouTube at best tangentially.

Support PeerTube. It's needing content, and it's a little janky, but it's federated.

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