YouTube has recently been introducing a lot of new products, but many of them are part of the great war that the platform has declared on ad blockers. Now we will get an interesting change that no one will be able to complain about.
YouTube will show video statistics on an ongoing basis
As noted by , YouTube has changed the way it shows all publicly visible video statistics. Until now, the platform loaded them from the network once when opening a given material and displayed it until the video was closed or the page was reloaded. This meant that at the end of watching a longer material, completely outdated statistics were often displayed under the video, including: number of views and the so-called thumbs up. For many people, their current number is an important suggestion whether it is worth adding your own or recommending the material to your friends.
Now YouTube has started updating the statistics displayed under the video in real time, which gives us the opportunity to observe how the number of views and thumbs up changes even while watching the material. The change is small, but useful, and it applies to all users of the website (not only those paying a Premium subscription).
YouTube is fighting against ad blocking enthusiasts
Interestingly, this is the first change in some time that does not serve YouTube’s fight against ad blockers. The most popular VOD platform in the world
displayed to ad blockers and the longer opening time of each subsequent video. after they watched three films. at the same address (as required by the regulations).
Source: Gazeta
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