Comment on YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads

• adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Currently blocking ads consists of keeping uBlock Origin up to date. Not blocking ads generally means going to a different platform after a single ad roll.

  I have no issues with pre-roll ads; it’s the interstitial ones that drive me away.

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  • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I have an issue with pre-roll ads. Some of them are extremely long and can’t be skipped

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    • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Remember 10 years ago the YouTube app only showed ads on every 3rd video and often only a single 5 second ad, and everything longer could be skipped.

      Like a frog in a pot I could tolerate that amount, a few years later they started the ad ramp-up and what finally drove me to install vanced were 3 unskippable ads you had to endure just to watch something.

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  • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Absolutely the same for me. The only reason I block their ads is because of how frequently they interrupt the content. It’s just unacceptably greedy. Pre-roll ads is fine, I get they have bills to pay too.

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    i added 2-3 other adblockers. and i use UBLOCK origin to bypass facebooks login popup.

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    • Frellwit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      i added 2-3 other adblockers

      Never run multiple adblockers at the same time. You gain nothing except broken websites, performance issues, and an increased chance of triggering anti-adblocks.

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