Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agoYouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkYouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comPete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 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-up2·2 months agoI imagine the amount of people using sponsorblock specifically are much smaller.
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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-up1·2 months agoOf course, I was only saying few people used sponsor block compared to (any) general ad blocker.
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.