ijeffNov 4, 2023

YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers

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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers - Lemdro.id

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Show threadtrslim
I dont even mind ads when its like one minute for 20 minutes of footage. Pluto TV is free to use and has commercial breaks but they never really bother me because they aren’t that annoying and i get a lot of MST3K before I watch them. Youtube ad are cancer in comparison.
Nov 4, 2023 at 3:40pmWeb
Show threadaceshighNov 4, 2023
that’s the funny part. i also didn’t mind ads once in a while, but when i started looking for a YT solution i not only found one but i also found sponsorblock. i didn’t know of it before the YT bs. now i just don’t see ads at all. thanks YT!
Show threadMalfeasantNov 4, 2023
Seriously, I wouldn’t even bother futzing with adblockers on my Android TV if it was reasonable, but fucking 45 seconds of ads for every 5 minutes of content is just ridiculous. I almost wonder if it was all an experiment to see how much they could get away with…
Show threadCrowAirbrushNov 4, 2023
They probably expiremented an answer to that question and came to find it was: “not enough”. So now they become desperate to get out of the reds.
Show threadMetal0130Nov 4, 2023
Same the normal ads aren’t much of an issue for me, especially since some are skippabke. But about a year or so ago, I was getting 30 minute ads. They were skippable, but if I was just playing the shows in the living room while making dinner in the kitchen or whatever, I had to constantly go hit the button on the remote or be stuck watching 30 minute infomercial for a product I’d never even consider buying. Are they still allowing these long ads?