A single adblock filter may have caused YouTube's global view drop

We merged this thread into https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45276262, which was posted earlier and which has more background info. I'll put the github link in the top text there too.

(Sorry Medea - it's on our list to implement karma sharing so multiple users can share in the credit for submitting a story.)

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YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45276262