Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube

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Do you agree?
	Yes, you are hurting the content creator's� feelings and future
	No, youtube is infringing on my rights with anti-ad blocker ads
	Just click out and suck it up OP lmfao
	I watch videos on dailymotion instead
	Goku using incognito mode

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Grey Cat: Jun 3, 2023; Doing stuff and things

They already make money off my existence; a little folder somewhere in the ether containing my habits.
I'm going to keep closing it and watching videos without ads.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2023 17:22

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 08:58

Grey Cat: Jun 3, 2023; Doing stuff and things

Pitdragon posted:

I think youtube will probably revert this after they look at their metrics and see their user engagement dropping.

That little warning is so asinine too, "We're gonna ban your account if you block 3 more ads!", people are probably more pissed then they would be because youtube decided threats would work best in garnering compliance

Advertising execs are the scum of the earth

Are they actually giving a ban warning? Mine never has a countdown.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2023 02:26

Grey Cat: Jun 3, 2023; Doing stuff and things

atomicpile posted:

It’s because the ads are intrusive. The audio isn’t normalized. They happen randomly. The amount of ads makes long videos unwatchable. And the big one, youtube/google already makes money soaking up personal information.

It’s also about a 99% sure thing that sometime in the future “premium” will still have ads ala Amazon prime.

All of this.
Plus people already render ads into their videos.

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# ¿ Oct 15, 2023 02:38

Grey Cat: Jun 3, 2023; Doing stuff and things

Pitdragon posted:

Yeah, I ignored a "youtube does not allow ads" one a few times and I got a new one telling me that if I blocked three more ads they were gonna prevent me from watching any more videos on youtube.

I was barely paying attention to the the pop-ups until that one, then I looked it up and it turns out they actually have blocked some people's accounts for blocking ads. As in, those people can't watch youtube videos on their accounts anymore. No idea if it's permanent or if it's just a time-out.

Of course people have already come up with plenty of ways to circumvent it, so it was easy to get around it, but apparently now youtube is engaged in some kind of ad-blocker arms race. It's still easy to get around though.

Sign out of account
continue blocking
profit

Yeah, I'm sure there's a bunch of ways already. I still have zero issues using a 3rd party app.
Youtube Revanced.

Just comes up on my PC.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2023 02:45

Grey Cat: Jun 3, 2023; Doing stuff and things

Thesaurus posted:

If you skip or block the ads, it's the same as stealing

# ¿ Oct 15, 2023 04:11

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 08:58

Grey Cat: Jun 3, 2023; Doing stuff and things

I really am sick of trying to find pictures of anything and 90% of the results being ai generated trash. This is not beneficial to art references or photoshops.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2024 16:53

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