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Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement)
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this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2025
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I don't use ad blockers ..... I've gone back to my old cable TV habits from the 90s .... use the mute button and take a toilet break, get a drink from the kitchen, check your social media feed, knit a sweater, talk to your spouse .... then unmute and keep watching.
The bonus is that if you happen to miss the restart, you can rewind back to what you missed ... we never had that in the 90s. Sure PVR existed but not everyone had one.
When using youtube, that's a break every 5 minutes. More frequent if the videos are shorter.
This is what finally pushed me to get an ad blocker for YT. Just pure greed.
Maybe he has frequent toilet needs... 🕳
I also find that I'm using Youtube less and less and just watch full professionally made programs, documentaries or shows. I'm getting to the point of wondering why I watch a bunch of mindless junk while being interrupted by even more mindless junk advertising for hours on end.
It's weird because I feel like I'm taking back my time to watch all the shows and stuff I wanted to watch in the 90s over cable TV but never had access. If I cut all the stupid time I use to watch junk on Youtube, now I have time to watch all that stuff I wanted to watch a long time ago.