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by paulolc
972 days ago
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How dependable are you on your google account? What if Google would block your account and make you pay if you don't go trough enough ads? It has already started to force you to disable the ad-blocker. So, I think that could be a next step. With this blocker however, the ad is still loaded and played but it's skipped. So, you don't see the ad but Google, hopefully, still counts it as an impression. I'm seeing all kinds of dark patterns emerging on google apps. In Google Play, the new notification indications (the bell icon with a number, supposedely indicating the number of new unread notifications) that are just ads. Still in Google Play, when you search for apps you get the sponsored ones on the top with the install button like it was a search hit. And of course, youtube that is just a bunch of traps all over. I know they've thrown away the "Don't be Evil" motto long ago but this? This is just going the opposite way in full force and being in complete a$$O1e mode. I am sure I've seen malware applying less agressive tactics. They are just not taking care of their product (their users) very well. |
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I don't have a youtube account. If the day came where I was forced to be logged into youtube just to see a video at all I'd either find some kind of workaround (piracy, or maybe some kind of shared/proxy account) or I'd stop watching youtube videos. Under no circumstances would I pay Google to watch youtube videos and as long as I have some means to block ads available to me I'll keep blocking them.
I accept that my relationship with Google is adversarial and that they'll do everything they can to violate my privacy and make money at my expense. There have been times where I've gone to some lengths to block ads, for example never watching on the website and saving all videos to disk before viewing them, or not watching any videos for weeks while I wait for an update to tools like newpipe. I'll do what I have to. I'm mostly just waiting for Google to piss us off enough that we see people building and turning to alternative platforms that treat both viewers and creators better.