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6 hours agoYouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers [U]
The most likely explanation seems to be that YouTube is not counting views properly for users with an ad blocker enabled, another step in the platform's continued war on ad blockers. This was first realized by Josh Strife Hayes, who noticed that view counts on TV, phones, and tablets have been steady, while views on computers have dropped by around 50% since the mid-August trend started. TechLinked, a channel in the Linus Tech Tips family, confirmed similar numbers within its statistics.
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