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Any idea what Google are doing? Is this because I dont use Chrome (use Firefox)? I've no adblockers. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So this started coming up today. On every video. I can (so far) click the "x" and remove it to watch (still see 2 ads before the video, and one after 4 minutes - ruins music on YT), but did click the "Report issue" only for the dialogue box not to work.

I found a link to a that said 11% use adblock. Thats not a lot.Maaayyyybe there is a problem with the amount of ads youtube forces down our throats for even short videos. 🤷‍♂️

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There’s no test group

They are almost certainly talking about a test group on YouTube, not uBlock Origin. Sites do that sometimes, it's called A/B Testing. Where different users will get different versions of the site to test something or other before changes are rolled out for all users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, the second sentence made it sound like they were questioning the uBlock implementation, not YouTube's.

And not just sites, but all forms of software can implement A/B and multivariate tests, including software like uBlock Origin. I've implemented A/B and multivariate tests before, and have even co-designed and developed an experimentation platform, so it's a subject close to my heart!