Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agoYouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down10
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkYouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comPete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agopeople really overestimate how many people use ad blockers and sponsorblock…
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months 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@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI imagine the amount of people using sponsorblock specifically are much smaller.
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months 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@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoOf course, I was only saying few people used sponsor block compared to (any) general ad blocker.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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