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Re: YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers

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Post by RadixDLT » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 3:48 PM UTC

Wow, YouTube really knows how to make friends. Testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers? Good luck with that! I just love how brave browser is blocking all the ads.

Re: YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers

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Post by ProllyInfamous » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 4:00 PM UTC

city41 wrote: post #771

Roark66 wrote: post #769

I'll sooner stop using youtube than watch it with the ads. I've been watching it exclusively via smartyoutubetv app (an open source android TV app). Every couple of months youtube does something to break the app. Every single time the app it fixed within a couple of hours. It's not even about just the ads. I use it because it let's me remove all the crap I don't want force fed to me while all I want it watch my subsc…

I don't block YouTube ads and watch YouTube quite a bit. I've not had this experience. I don't think I've ever seen an unskippable 30 second ad. It seems to me unskippable tops out at 15 seconds. When YouTube flipped the switch a few years ago to drastically increase the number of ads it was super painful. But I have to admit I've totally gotten used to it. It's still dramatically better than cable. To me, YouTube ad…

>But I have to admit I've totally gotten used to it.

Good consumer is good.

Re: YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers

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Post by ProllyInfamous » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 4:08 PM UTC

mynameisash wrote: post #643

There's a 402 PAYMENT REQUIRED[0], but apparently it's been reserved for future use forever. I'm surprised there isn't a scheme by which websites can charge micropayments for content. In principle, I'm not opposed to loading up an account with $20 and paying $0.10 for an Economist article or $0.02 for a YouTube video or whatever. I honestly don't know if this exists now or has ever existed, but I would love to direct…

The last time I brought up this (very similar) idea, I was called "paranoid."

I've already got the crypto, and am more than willing to pay to read articles WITHOUT HAVING TO LOG IN TO ANYTHING.

Re: YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers

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Post by ProllyInfamous » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 4:12 PM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #267

I hate ads so much that I'm actually paying for Youtube premium. I work in IT, I build systems, I know there are various solutions, but none of them guarantee that I can travel freely with my cellphone and connect it to any smart TV and get an AD-free experience. So I'll gladly pay for that freedom. Freedom is very important to me, not just that it's open source, or that I have power over ads, but also freedom of tim…

This is the exact reason I still pay for Pandora (music streaming service): to remove the advertisements.

My dentist's office doesn't pay for this service, so I have to hear advertisements while under the drill... which is frustrating. I've even offered to pay for Doc's subscription!