A Quick YouTube Note · 9:06pm March 3rd
So, apparently, YouTube changed some code a while back that made it so that viewers who were using third-party resources to avoid ads or whatever didn't have their watches counting towards whatever videos they watched.
Understand, this didn't affect the viewers themselves. It wasn't punitive towards third-party program users. But it did / does have the side effect that whoever they watched wasn't getting credit for their views.