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YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers (www.androidpolice.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

And the fact that Microsoft noped out says it all.

Basically, the only orgs that have a snowball's chance of hosting a twitch/youtube are Amazon, Google, and Microsoft on account of them also being three of the largest "cloud" providers and having the resources at cost. Amazon/Twitch are scrambling to find a way to deal with the increasing shift to sponsored streams, Google/Youtube are cracking down on adblockers, and Microsoft just gave up.