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

RblScmNerfHerder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I dunno. Some strange relic from the 1980s?

  Kidding aside, it’s shocking how bad raw YT is. We watch it via Smartube (or PipePipe as needed). I can’t believe people watch “raw” youtube…it’s unwatchable.

  If they ever quash SmartTube and PipePipe…well…I imagine Peertube, Nebula and Curiosity stream will suddenly become a great deal more popular.

  I don’t think the power that be fully grasp the (very delicate) knife edge they walk. They only stay in business so long as they aren’t annoying enough to be replaced.

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  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The ads seem to be pretty variable depending on usage so I suspect not everyone is seeing the same thing. I rarely use YouTube in any form. When I do and I’m rawdogging it for whatever reason, it seems like I get a few short ads, like 30s or less. They’re annoying but not awful.

    A friend keeps YouTube running constantly on his TV in the background while he works. He gets so many ads and they’re so long! Like several minutes of ads, mostly unskippable, over the course of a 15 minute video. I don’t know how people deal with that shit.

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    • RblScmNerfHerder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Man, they must LOVE people like him!

      Surely, he must know he’s actively contributing to the issue. No?

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      • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I would be shocked if he cared. It’s just not amongst his concerns.

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