I don't think YouTube needed to do anything. The change influenced creators' bottom line so they are motivated on their own to mobilize their viewers against this change.

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cluckindan 5 days ago | parent [-]

It was YT that changed the ad delivery mechanism to prevent view counting, not adblockers.

	▲	kllrnohj 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		It was an easylist change (so adblockers) that caused the issue: https://github.com/easylist/easylist/commit/2d39de407dc96904... Whether or not you consider that an issue shrug but it's not directly YT's fault.