Digging Deeper Into Youtube's View Count Discrepancy
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The article investigates YouTube's view count discrepancy, with commenters speculating that adblockers may be a contributing factor.
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nfriedly
4 months ago
1 replyIt doesn't surprise me to hear that it's an adblock thing. I wondered if it was that when I first heard about the issue.
sfllaw
4 months ago
Especially since YouTube claimed that they didn’t touch a thing.
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