• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I sometimes get a popup warning from YouTube that my account will be blocked from viewing videos if I keep running an ad blocker. But the warning goes away after a while and YouTube still works. I don’t see ads except on mobile.

    Oddly, they also keep begging me to “return” to YouTube Premium, though I have never paid for YouTube Premium.

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      Oddly, they also keep begging me to “return” to YouTube Premium, though I have never paid for YouTube Premium.

      This is just ‘normal’ commercial psychological manipulation.

      Returning sounds better than starting, so a small percentage of people would sign up that wouldn’t have otherwise if it was worded accurately.