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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing

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YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing | TechCrunch

The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos.

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This is because they just fucked everyone by doubling the minimum views to get paid.
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  And turned YouTube into even more incentive to generate clickbait.

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