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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
#22I'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 t…
An alternative is, of course, YouTube Premium. Their pricing always seemed very high to me, but now I wonder if it was meant to be in the context of this number of ads.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#23…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).
YouTube is mostly consumed on mobile and in their app where adblocking is more difficult.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#24…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).
I'm sure there are ads you've seen on YouTube, they just look slightly different to what you have in mind.
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Now, back to our comment. YouTube is full of ads, the only difference being who gets the money from them. Is one of the reasons why some people here don't want to pay for it - you get less ads, but not ad-free.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#25Why 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.
Pihole with ad blocking or an OpenWRT (or really any router) router with ad blocking DNS is an alternative.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#26I'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 t…
An alternative is, of course, YouTube Premium. Their pricing always seemed very high to me, but now I wonder if it was meant to be in the context of this number of ads.
Yeah I realized that I should add why that seems even worse to me, so I edited that in.
To elaborate a little, I pay for Spotify, Netflix, F-Droid, OsmAnd, Simple Mobile Tools, FairEmail, K9, Internet Archive, and other software and services I use.... independent companies and creators that don't already track me to hell. Giving money to google would be out of necessity, not to help them strengthen their position if I can avoid it. If YouTube spins off as an independent firm where you can have an account that has independent guidelines and everything, I'd sign up in a heartbeat. They make a good product and have good content, the only downside is that there's zero competition but that's not a deal breaker by itself.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#27I'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 t…
An alternative is, of course, YouTube Premium. Their pricing always seemed very high to me, but now I wonder if it was meant to be in the context of this number of ads.
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Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#28I pay for YouTube Premium, and happily so. There’s A LOT of great content there—probably even better content than Netflix.
And you want to know what else? While it’s just okay, it includes ad-free music from YouTube Music. So, win, win? Until someone comes out with a better offer, I’ll continue to give more money to Google.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#29Every time this subject comes up, the comments are filled with people who feel entitled to watch YouTube for free (not willing to pay in attention or in hard currency). "If you don't watch to pay for it or watch ads, don't use the service" just gets ignored, and people post ridiculous replies like "lol I just block all ads" . . . it's as if YouTube is as necessary to their survival as water.
It's also great because it demonstrates how full of BS many of the "if I had a choice to pay for the I would" crowd are . . . not all, of course, but I bet there's a sizeable intersection between the two categories.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Pihole with ad blocking or an OpenWRT (or really any router) router with ad blocking DNS is an alternative.
The YouTube ads defeat DNS sinkholes because the ads are served from the same domain(s) as the content.