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Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads

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Post by antoniuschan99 »

slyzmud wrote: post #125
jws wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

…a limit to how user-hostile a tech giant can be before it really starts to hurt their bottom line… Reading that line I just realized that google lost me as a YouTube viewer in the past two weeks. I used to follow a bunch of ~100k subscriber channels that produced content every couple of weeks on building things and how to build things. I'd generally watch one or two 10-30 minute videos a day. They've cranked the ads…

Have you tried Youtube premium? We always say companies should move out of the ad revenue model and start charging for the services instead of pushing more ads. For me, paying Youtube premium has been a great decision.

I use Premium too! Also try threatening to cancel and it will lower the price :P

Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads

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Post by squarefoot »

ssss11 wrote: post #2

Yeah I’ve noticed this too. But also the rest of the front page is often either seo spam (like those Pinterest links which catch whatever search term you’ve used) or shopping sites. I’ve found google search to be increasingly hostile to its customers. I guess we’re not the customers. Use duckduckgo or something else.

Pinterest links can be removed from Google searches using the "Unpinterested" browser extension for Firefox and Chrome, but it breaks Google Maps searches and it was never patched to correct the issue.

Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads

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Post by [deleted] »

jws wrote: post #90
enumjorge wrote: post #36

The Facebook stock debacle from yesterday makes me think that maybe there is a limit to how user-hostile a tech giant can be before it really starts to hurt their bottom line. For a while it seemed like companies like FB had captured enough of the market that they seemed impervious to backlash from their many controversies, too big to fail in a way. It’s too early to tell if this is the beginning of FB’s demise, but…

…a limit to how user-hostile a tech giant can be before it really starts to hurt their bottom line… Reading that line I just realized that google lost me as a YouTube viewer in the past two weeks. I used to follow a bunch of ~100k subscriber channels that produced content every couple of weeks on building things and how to build things. I'd generally watch one or two 10-30 minute videos a day. They've cranked the ads…

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Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads

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Post by hprotagonist »

fignews wrote: post #93
endisneigh wrote: post #83

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UBlock Origin - available on all major browsers, including iOS (er, this has adblock, but not uBlock in particular) and Android, my friend.

uBlock Origin available on iOS? Please explain!

well, there’s https://1blocker.com/ anyway

Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads

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Post by vosper »

losteric wrote: post #134
slyzmud wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried Youtube premium? We always say companies should move out of the ad revenue model and start charging for the services instead of pushing more ads. For me, paying Youtube premium has been a great decision.

I want to support the content creator first and foremost. That's not how premium works.

I'm pretty sure there's an LTT video where Linus says he makes the most money-per-view from Premium users. Unfortunately I can't find it.

Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads

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Post by justintoon »

slyzmud wrote: post #125
jws wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

…a limit to how user-hostile a tech giant can be before it really starts to hurt their bottom line… Reading that line I just realized that google lost me as a YouTube viewer in the past two weeks. I used to follow a bunch of ~100k subscriber channels that produced content every couple of weeks on building things and how to build things. I'd generally watch one or two 10-30 minute videos a day. They've cranked the ads…

Have you tried Youtube premium? We always say companies should move out of the ad revenue model and start charging for the services instead of pushing more ads. For me, paying Youtube premium has been a great decision.

Seconding this comment. I grumbled at first about paying for it but frankly after more than a year I’ve come to realize it’s money well spent considering how much use my family gets out of it.

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Post by paulryanrogers »

danuker wrote: post #106
jws wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

…a limit to how user-hostile a tech giant can be before it really starts to hurt their bottom line… Reading that line I just realized that google lost me as a YouTube viewer in the past two weeks. I used to follow a bunch of ~100k subscriber channels that produced content every couple of weeks on building things and how to build things. I'd generally watch one or two 10-30 minute videos a day. They've cranked the ads…

Don't forget the lack of dislike counts, which makes it harder to distinguish good tutorials from scams shilling some service. Also, why are you not using uBlock origin?

YT Premium is an alternative to ad blocking that at least supports the creators whose content one watches.

Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads

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Post by thaumasiotes »

dylan604 wrote: post #123
soheil wrote: post #100

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FB is not losing because it's user-hostile. It simply was outcompeted by TikTok because it has a better and more engaging video product.

FB went with jacking people's emotion with rage, fear, and other scare tactics. Monsters Inc however showed us there's more power in laughter than screams. It's a shame nobody on FB's board ever watched a movie.

> Monsters Inc however showed us there's more power in laughter than screams. It's a shame nobody on FB's board ever watched a movie.

To be fair, everything in Monsters, Inc. was made up.

Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads

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Post by mmind »

Many people here suggests other services, including services you can pay for to bash Google. The reality is that Google offered Google Contributor and now offers YouTube premium but most people prefer free content with ads. And that is fine. I find very surprising the HN folks complaining about the tech companies making ads-based money for their services when they are not willing to pay for the ad-free version. It is disappointing that they feel using ad blockers is the reasonable thing to do. $9/month yearly subscription) for ad-free YouTube is an absolutely fair price IMHO. Ad blockers are piracy and kill jobs, same as downloading movies or books.
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