I’ve watched Nerd3 for quite some time, but Dan is giving a somewhat of a warning for people in his latest “Soup with Nerd3” video, that things which block ads from appearing are bad.
He claims he’s losing money, because more people are using ad blockers. How? He claims that when an ad displays, he gets double the revenue, which means more videos for us. He also says that if everyone does use ad blockers, Google will stop getting money from YouTube (and possibly shut it down because there’s no point).
I’m guilty as charged for using Ad Blockers. And… I dunno. I feel I should feel bad for Dan and allow ads. But when I watch Youtube, I expect to watch the video only and not ads. It’s a double edged sword. On one side, I watch Youtube the way I want, yet I doom people who are trying to make a living off of making videos (like Dan).
Yet if I get rid of the ad blockers, I’ll risk getting adware in my computer (if some video exploits the ad system and puts a virus in), yet people making a living will be happy as they’ll get more money.
I’m sorry, Dan. But I’m going to continue to use my ad blocker. I watch Youtube for videos, not ads. If this means I’m “contributing” to Dan shutting down his channels as he’s not making money anymore, then…….. so be it.
But that’s not to say I won’t feel bad if this actually happens. I will. Plus, even if I did remove my ad blocker, yet everyone else didn’t, the same scenario could still happen.
But that’s why you tell your non-existent(in my case) friends. Spread the word, before it actually does happen.
Honestly, if I started making videos, I wouldn’t be using Youtube as a source of income.