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Practices are also put into place in order to force non-paying users into seeing these ads as well, such as paywalling playing videos in the background. Even these paywalls are begining to lose their value, as users have reported seeing ads while paying for YouTube Premium. | Practices are also put into place in order to force non-paying users into seeing these ads as well, such as paywalling playing videos in the background. Even these paywalls are begining to lose their value, as users have reported seeing ads while paying for YouTube Premium. | ||
===Crackdown against | ===Crackdown against ad-blockers=== | ||
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Due to the platform's reliance on advertisements as a revenue stream, YouTube has been pushed into integrating more and more ads, especially those of dubious quality or ethics. This led to the increasing usage of | Due to the platform's reliance on advertisements as a revenue stream, YouTube has been pushed into integrating more and more ads, especially those of dubious quality or ethics. This led to the increasing usage of ad-blockers on the platform. While remaining relatively niche in the beginning, Google eventually turned towards a tirade against adblockers. | ||
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