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Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Re: Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Post by UnreachableCode »

While on the subject, does anybody know any good ad-blocking solutions for mobile phones?

So far I have experimented with NetShield from ProtonVPN and https://nextdns.io/ with varying results. There are also features baked into certain browsers like the cookie blocker with DuckDuckGo which works extremely well, and UnTrap for Safari on iOS which allows for heavy Youtube web customisation.

Also, shout out to Playlet on Roku. A privacy focused YouTube proxy for the TV which blocks ads and even can identify sponsors, filler and credit segments and allow you to skip these.

I am not involved in any of these projects, I just think they're cool.

Re: Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Post by lm28469 »

al_borland wrote: post #506
lm28469 wrote: post #252

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If you waited for an ad to solve your "legitimate problem" you didn't have a problem to begin with imho

Having a problem and having a solution to that problem are two different things. I occasionally get the hiccups. When it happens, it’s a problem. There are many home remedies that exist, but nothing has ever actually worked. I was watching Shark Tank one day, which is basically a bunch of ads, and there was a guy selling the Hiccaway. Several years after seeing this, I decided to give it a shot. I’ve used it 2 or 3 t…

Man if hiccups are a "legitimate problem" then indeed we are fucked... let's pollute everything irl and on the web with ads to solve these "problems"... where do we draw the line ? Because it sounds like we'll have an infinite amount of problems and we certainly don't have an infinite amount of resources

btw you can also try looking for solutions on your own, like going to a doctor, searching online ? type "hiccups solution" online and hiccaway is on the front page.

Re: Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Post by lm28469 »

hk__2 wrote: post #324
lm28469 wrote: post #252

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If you waited for an ad to solve your "legitimate problem" you didn't have a problem to begin with imho

You might not know it is a problem and that it is solvable.

Why would I care then? If people lived until now without it it can't be that big of a problem. Electricity, a car, a fridge, &c. solve legitimate problems. 99% of things being advertised today create the problem they solve and trick you into thinking you really need to solve this problem in your life

Re: Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Post by kotaKat »

jb1991 wrote: post #699
transcriptase wrote: post #489

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If you watch him on Joe Rogan’s podcast he gives a full overview of how every single tiny detail down to colors, length of scene cuts, facial expressions, language, total length of videos, time of day for release, thumbnails, sound effects, music is extensively A/B tested to not only optimize for the algorithm but for hijacking people’s attention as well. That weird creepy face with the outline and uncanny smoothing…

How do you A/B test on YouTube?

Youtube lets you A/B test thumbnails as a creator and see response rates, for instance.

https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/393332200/you-can-...

Re: Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Post by Myzel394 »

UnreachableCode wrote: post #701

While on the subject, does anybody know any good ad-blocking solutions for mobile phones? So far I have experimented with NetShield from ProtonVPN and https://nextdns.io/ with varying results. There are also features baked into certain browsers like the cookie blocker with DuckDuckGo which works extremely well, and UnTrap for Safari on iOS which allows for heavy Youtube web customisation. Also, shout out to Playlet o…

I am using Brave and YouTube Revanced on my android and I completely forgot what ads look like

Re: Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Post by missingdays »

DrewADesign wrote: post #603
orbital-decay wrote: post #520

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Attention engineering is how the charts are topped. Media producers knew this decades before the social media, and perfected it by the late 90's. Avoiding extremely popular stuff is just common sense if you want any real authenticity.

Oh, but then you’re the much-maligned hipster .

What's the downside?

Re: Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Post by kotaKat »

flexagoon wrote: post #597
Groxx wrote: post #185

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I'm fond of the ones with a fake close button, so tapping it just launches the ad's site. Instant uninstall and 1-star. (Yes, I know it's mostly the ad's fault, but there's no practical way to punish them directly. So force apps to pick better-behaving networks.)

This is usually against ad network rules, so if you're willing to go out of your way a bit, you can screenshot those ads and report directly to the ad network

Difficulty is when you don't know what ad network it is, the app hides the ad network they use, and refuse to disclose who it is.

You got served an ad from "one of our partners". That's all you'll get to know, and there's no mechanism to even report the app's shitty behavior to Google or Apple (and they don't care when the app becomes too large, either).

Re: Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Post by jnovacho »

UnreachableCode wrote: post #701

While on the subject, does anybody know any good ad-blocking solutions for mobile phones? So far I have experimented with NetShield from ProtonVPN and https://nextdns.io/ with varying results. There are also features baked into certain browsers like the cookie blocker with DuckDuckGo which works extremely well, and UnTrap for Safari on iOS which allows for heavy Youtube web customisation. Also, shout out to Playlet o…

Firefox on Android has UBlock Origin available. But that covers the browser only. I guess AdGuard and VPN might help here?

Re: Vietnam bans unskippable ads

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Post by StefanoC »

UnreachableCode wrote: post #701

While on the subject, does anybody know any good ad-blocking solutions for mobile phones? So far I have experimented with NetShield from ProtonVPN and https://nextdns.io/ with varying results. There are also features baked into certain browsers like the cookie blocker with DuckDuckGo which works extremely well, and UnTrap for Safari on iOS which allows for heavy Youtube web customisation. Also, shout out to Playlet o…

Adguard works great. UBlock on Firefox also does the job.
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