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Isn't YouTube bound to win the war against adblockers? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by aCosmicWave@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I often see the sentiment that YouTube and adblockers will be forever locked in a cat-and-mouse game. However, for many years now, Twitch has entirely eliminated adblocking on desktop web.

What is stopping YouTube from replicating Twitch’s advertising strategy of embedding ads directly into their videos?

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[–] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Twitch has all of amazon's power to code in anti-adblockers. The most they ever get is about 24hours before someone finds a work around to their new updates.

But ya, twitch very much can be adblocked. https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions