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Google Is Promoting Ad Blockers On YouTube - WAN Show April 25, 2025

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Apr 26, 2025
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INSIGHT

Google's Ad Blocker Policy Contradiction

  • Google allows ads for ad blockers even though videos about ad blockers are removed from YouTube.
  • Different Google teams enforce different policies, resulting in policy contradictions on the same platform.
ANECDOTE

Linus on Ad Blocker Use

  • Linus chooses not to use ad blockers because he is a content creator and values ad revenue.
  • He never condemned using ad blockers and has provided guides on their use.
INSIGHT

Why Social Apps Are Addictive

  • Social media apps induce addiction partly due to infinite scroll and repetitive physical gestures.
  • Addiction is driven by stimulus overload and habit, making it hard to break without serious effort.
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