RaoulDukeYouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking
jetsetdoritoAll these tech companies are really getting bold lately with wildly unpopular decisions to try and raise profits
Lately? That always has been the case. You just forget them. Remember when they removed the dislike button? Or polls? Any any other feature?
Yes, lately. This news about a Youtube three strikes policy, Reddit shutting off API access, and Twitter forcing people to log in to see content are all happening on basically the same day. Is it just a coincidence, or is there some underlying factor causing these services to all tighten their respective nooses simultaneously?
I thought Reddit and Twitter were pretty clearly responses to the massive data grab by OpenAI that let them train their language models.
I assume there are other factors involved too, like Reddit trying to force everyone to use its app. But I don't think it's coincidence this happened not long after ChatGPT took off.
... Though now that you mention it, I wonder if there's a connection between Netflix stamping out password sharing and Youtube getting serious about ads.