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[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Do many real life users even know about ad blockers?

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 11 months ago
[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 37 points 11 months ago

YouTube has been running a successful awareness campaign for those that didn't know about Adblockers.

[-] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 16 points 11 months ago

The reason there's such a pushback against them is because they've become popular. It used to be a secret amongst nerds; now it's common even on the iPhone.

[-] EldritchFeminity 4 points 11 months ago

I once saw stats from a 2015 study that said 40% of people on the internet used ad blockers. Who knows how that's changed since then, but as somebody else said, the majority of people who don't probably don't even know that you can block ads, otherwise they'd probably be using it.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

That's much much higher than I would have expected.

[-] EldritchFeminity 1 points 11 months ago

Agreed, I expected it to be 10% or less. I was very surprised.

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