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Today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are (jlai.lu)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I watched a Warframe (game) YouTube video on the Steam integrated browser, without beeing connected to my account and Holly s* it was horrible.

In a 14 minutes video, I got 5 ads. 1 (or more skippable once) at the beginning, 1 during the first half of the video, 2 during the second half, and 1 at the end.

All were skippable after 5 sec.

2 were close together at about 1 min interval during the second half of the video.

But that is not the only issue. 4 of those ads (not the last one at the end), were Israeli hate/war anti-hamas propaganda.

I consider these ads horrible and they should not be allowed in my opinion.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

haven't watched an ad in almost a decade lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Seriously, how are people able to consume YouTube content as well as their ads? Piped + SponsorBlock + DeArrow and that's a wrap, jack.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These ads make it impossible to use YT as a free learning platform anymore.

When I want to dig into a subject, I want to do it focused and without being distracted, and YT makes it impossible. The only content one can tolerate ads on is entertainment, which makes YT just another TikTok.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then pay for your learning ;)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where I come from, education is free. So, nope!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

YouTube is free as well ;)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most people, including myself, seem to agree, that ads were never the problem. When YouTube started, it had ads too and nobody cared. But the ads got worse and websites started to shove them down our throats. I miss the times of a single banner below a video. I don't think Google and all the others realise just how much determined nerds can achieve. So far the ad blockers seem to win the race, minus some minor setbacks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of those that work ad tech are the same that write filters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep. My day job is providing tools to marketing folks and improving lead gen. It pays me well.

But I also contribute to open source projects to unfuck the internet. I know the tricks people like me use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Real heroes have shitty day jobs. Checks out.

Except Batman and Iron Man. Those guys also have mansions, hot chicks, cars, and sarcasm.