What bothers me is that YouTube kids is now showing ads.
YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
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Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#12…Ads? On YouTube?
_confused look_
I haven’t seen an ad on the Internet in nearly 20 years, ever since the first adblocker got released for Phoenix in 2003 (what became Firebird, then Firefox).
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#13Why does anyone put up with ads? Install uBlock Origin → no ads. Also, if you install SponsorBlock then at least for popular videos you will probably never see an ad from a video creator either. You can even have it skip self–promotional segments (Subscribe Now!), repetitive animations and intro sequences, credits, previews, etc.
That works well on a desktop browser, but the YouTube ads are still a problem on iOS and other platforms like smart TVS, Roku or Chromecast/Google TV.
You could just buy YouTube premium.
Cancel Spotify, buy YouTube premium. Get both ad free videos and music on the same platform.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#14I already spend much less time on YT since they butchered their recommendations. Now I‘ll think twice before clicking on a video, so I very much welcome this change. Just as you can watch incredible videos about every topic on YouTube, you can waste hours watching junk. To me, this change is a great incentive not to do the latter.
I don't have this problem with my suggestions, but that's because I deliberately and constantly prune bad suggestions with the "Not interested" option. Maybe it's a placebo, but since starting that crusade I've found my recommendations to be very topical and relevant for me. I also make sure I open any videos that might 'pollute' my suggestions in a private browsing window.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#15What bothers me is that YouTube kids is now showing ads.
Adult ads... My 4yo doesn't need to see a 50 Shades trailer.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#16I've been using YouTube less because of ads. Partially consciously after a set of two long ads to send the message that this harms engagement, partially I just get annoyed and stay away naturally. If they're ramping it up.... crap.
It's not like there's an alternative and I'm not that fond of making the monopolist more entrenched by giving google, of all companies, more money in a subscription and tying the account to a real-world identity, also when considering all the other stuff google already collect on me.
(I've tried Nebula and CuriosityStream which many creators I watch constantly promote(d). Was done with the interesting content in one week and its size means there's very little fresh material, and also it doesn't run on the tv which I could work around with extra hardware if it were amazing but...)
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#17…Ads? On YouTube? _confused look_ I haven’t seen an ad on the Internet in nearly 20 years, ever since the first adblocker got released for Phoenix in 2003 (what became Firebird, then Firefox).
Same. I honestly forget it has ads since installing firefox followed by ublock origin are the first two things I do on any computer I'm going to be using extensively. Over the years with different adblockers and browsers, some ads have squeaked through, but on the whole I've lived ad-free on the internet for almost two decades as well.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#18…Ads? On YouTube? _confused look_ I haven’t seen an ad on the Internet in nearly 20 years, ever since the first adblocker got released for Phoenix in 2003 (what became Firebird, then Firefox).
yea sure, we'll all play along with this :)
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#19Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#20Why does anyone put up with ads? Install uBlock Origin → no ads. Also, if you install SponsorBlock then at least for popular videos you will probably never see an ad from a video creator either. You can even have it skip self–promotional segments (Subscribe Now!), repetitive animations and intro sequences, credits, previews, etc.
It's probably apt to ask yourself what sort of revenue model you prefer to support for the value provided. YouTube is a rare case where they offer multiple options.
Meh. Most videos on the web are crap. Having advertising makes some kinds of crap worse. And even if all advertising revenue went away, enthusiasts will always post videos for fun. In fact most videos don’t earn any significant advertising revenue.
Personally advertising is a high cost to myself that I am not willing to pay. I even avoid restaurants that have televisions, or that play a radio station instead of buying music that has no advertising in it. (I also frequent a couple of places that are willing to leave the music off for me, at least early in the day before the lunch rush, and one that doesn’t play music at all. That’s a different story though.)