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		lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Oct 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube” Actually, yeah, that's a reasonable thing to be upset about. They used the lack of forced ads to ensure that competitors also could not force ads. Now that they've captured the market, they force ads.

wombat-man on Oct 6, 2023 [–]

Well if they forced ads earlier than whatever competitor they had that didn't would be doing the same thing but with a smaller runway.

If all free video sites had ads, I think just on pure speed and scale youtube probably had higher costs overall anyway.

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