Youtube and others want their users to disable adblockers to increase their revenue from advertisements, but will forcing the users to so do be effective in the long-term?
What unexpected consequences could occur? Why do people use adblockers in the first place? Why aren't more users buying Youtube Premium as a solution? Do adblock users still contribute value to websites? Can websites effectively enforce such policies? Are there ways to naturally encourage more users to disable their adblockers instead?
Enjoy my informal and assorted ramblings as I learn basic video editing skills.
For more examples of the Cobra Effect, here is a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lUrH4Sbgh8&list=PLBuns9Evn1w9XhnH7vVh_7C65wJbaBECK
Be aware: The publisher of this series, Reason TV, hit the nail on the head with exploring this concept, but they do have a HEAVY libertarian bias, and I do not agree with everything that they publish. Be aware before you watch a series that could alter your recommendations.
Supplemental links and sources will (slowly) be updated here. I should have done so in the first place, but future videos won't have this issue.
Adblocker legality in Germany: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/adblock-plus-wins-its-6th-court-case-brought-by-der-spiegel/
FBI on Adblockers: https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA221221?=8324278624
NSA, CIA, and others on adblockers: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21068028-wyden-letter-to-omb-on-ad-blocking
Interesting article from Australia not in video: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3455730/government-agencies-ordered-to-block-online-ads-flash.html
Good info on adblock detection and GDPR compliance: https://iabeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20160516-IABEU_Guidance_AdBlockerDetection.pdf
Insight on undisclosed ads: https://www.vox.com/recode/23197348/tiktok-ad-sponcon-influencers
Several cases where a website agreement was not enforceable (not the same as legal precedence):
https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-specht-v-netscape-commc-ns-corp
https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-nguyen-v-barnes-noble-inc
https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-meyer-v-uber-techs-inc
Which is a fine take to have. I block all ads almost all the time. But web hosting does cost money. So I see enabling ads on those who asked nicely has been what I see is donating my time and my annoyance with ad to a service that I value and should donate to. I have been burned a couple of times. But I still do it because hosting content on we costs money.
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Which is a fine take to have. I block all ads almost all the time. But web hosting does cost money. So I see enabling ads on those who asked nicely has been what I see is donating my time and my annoyance with ad to a service that I value and should donate to. I have been burned a couple of times. But I still do it because hosting content on we costs money.
well I hope there’s more people like you to counteract me, cuz I never do that lol