Comment on YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable

solidsmoke@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• just2look@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Also changed how ads are served so they wouldn’t be a known security issue. Intrusive or not I will block all of them until security improves.

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  • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have said it before, and I’ll say it again.

    As an IT guy I consider an adblocker an essential part of my computer security suite.

    I will not reconsider until there are laws in place forcing website owners to take legal and financial responsibility for any damage sustained to my computer when visiting their site, and loading their ads.

    IF the laws are changed like that, I would reconsider getting rid of my adblocker, ai still wouldn’t but I would reconsider the issue.

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    • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Scariest ads are the ones if you accidentally click redirects and opens up another site on your browser.

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• djdarren@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s like you don’t care about stonks and shareholder value.

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  • MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I care about those things.

    I want them to go down faster >:)

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• FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Exactly, people used to love ads. They would sit down and watch hour long compilation videos of the funniest and weirdest ones. People would get hyped for shit like Old Spice and Skittles and never skip it. Even the Superbowl was less entertaining than the ads it had and that was a mainstream opinion.

  It’s the exact same as the boomers who keep crowing “Why doesn’t anyone wanna work?!” but now it’s “Why doesn’t anyone want ads?!” lmao

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• murmelade@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wrong. Still would.

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  • FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah, take a look at the stats of the number of people who tried out an adblocker for the first time when Youtube attempted to ban them several months back. Streisand Effect in action.

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If they made ads unobtrusive they wouldn’t be able to charge as much for them.

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• Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Back in the day it was just some stuff, like “bosch screwdrivers, 29.90” or something, now it’s attention grabbing hyper annoying crap, who can even live with that?

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