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Wheres the data to back up this claim? That article is purely opinion
The backup is I havn't seen a single fucking ad for years on Youtube. Using it daily on both desktop and android
I've been using Youtube basically since it exists. There were no ads in the beginning. I've also always been using adblockers. I was surprised when I heard people say they have to wait for ads on youtube. I was like "What? Youtube has ads!?".
I dont want to offend you, but you're a drop in the ocean when compared to the grand total of Youtube users.
Pretty much everyone I know outside of tech who has ever "showed me a cool video on Youtube real quick" has waited to load ads before showing me their phone.
If you get outside, touch grass and meet real non tech people pretty much all of them need educating on ad avoidance.
But it's not with them youtube is at war. They always had the vanilla app and always will. Youtube is at war with us
That's true, would be great to have more evidence.
But I really wish this to be True 🤞
There is no data. That article is useless and the title is sensationalized as absolute fuck.