The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

  • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.ggEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes, they bought it (in 2006). However, it wasn’t what it is today, and IIRC it was “in the red” (losing money). It was in the red for years after Google bought it as well. There’s not a lot of good information on this unfortunately with regard to the current state. The last update we had was in 2015 that YouTube wasn’t making money https://www.wsj.com/articles/viewers-dont-add-up-to-profit-for-youtube-1424897967

    That’s 9 years of operating at a loss, and probably the 9 years people think of most fondly… We were getting the service at a loss to Google.