• Agent641@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 month ago

    1. Get a job working for Google making anti-adblockers.

    2. Use your 20% time contributing to FOSS stealth adblocker and anti-anti-adblockers.

    3. ???

    4. Profit for life

  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
    3·
    1 month ago

    I would accept “I work for the team that tries to detect ad blockers on YouTube, and slow down the process with bureaucracy.”

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 month ago

      colleague of the marketing guy that just makes up metrics to pretend to his boss and stakeholders that their work on ads makes any difference

      laudable professionals

  • Thoven@lemdro.idEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    Cards on the table: for Google money I’d do it too. If they want to enshittify their product until the competition has a fighting chance, who am I to stop them? Sure, it’s an annoying and anticonsumer thing to do. But making a “free” product’s bad qualities harder to circumvent isn’t the ethical hill I’m going to die on.

      • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Yeah, I don’t really get the argument here. As much as it sucks, it’s not nearly as morally reprehensible as something like weapons. If you don’t do it someone else will. It’s not something a handful of devs are gonna make a difference in by boycotting and it isn’t worth being fired over or not accepting a job over.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
      1·
      1 month ago

      But, who’s their competitor? They have none. All the other alternative have very specific community (artsy short film, science, etc)

    • comfy@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 month ago

      I would take the job just to make sure we can sabotage it. And I’m not even affected by their adblocker detection; I just yt-dlp and NewPipe the videos.

    • bigFab@lemmy.world
      01·
      1 month ago

      Youtube servers are terrible. Why not focus on offering a smoother experience? Then charge what you want.