- YouTube is intensifying efforts to combat adblockers, including blocking video playback and warning users of potential account suspension.
- Increased ads on YouTube have driven many users to adblockers, hurting both YouTube’s ad revenue and content creators reliant on ad-based income.
- Despite these measures, many users are leaving YouTube or finding workarounds, leading creators to seek alternative revenue streams off-platform.
That free idea reduces (potential) ad watch time which reduces money, so there’s no chance they’ll implement it.
If they thought they could get away with serving an ad every 15 seconds, they’d do it.