I’ve noticed that as well. Its like YouTube is adding in extra ads for Roku et al. for their own profit…
Comment on today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are
ArghZombies@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Weirdly, and annoyingly, I get this same thing when watching YouTube on my TV. Via Roku stick, Chromecast or anything. However watching the same thing on a laptop or my phone even without any adblock and the video will play far better. Maybe 1 ad at the halfway point and nothing else.
I don’t know why the TV version of YouTube is such an arse for ads. They’re not even in clean places - I get an ad mid-sentence.
Honestly, for a 20 minute video I’d be perfectly ok with a 30 second ad or so. It helps the creators and isn’t that much of a pain for me. But getting adverts every 2 minutes, even if they’re skippable is just a horrific experience.
GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Try SmartTube github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube
ArghZombies@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thanks, but I can’t install into a Roku, which is the main TV I’d be using.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 11 months ago
The time and set duration for their ads is based on viewer habits, so they are basically banking that you are too lazy to skip it or are out of the room and they can still claim they ran the whole ad.
yuknowhokat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Recently in a 5 minute video an ad came up that showed it was an hour and 10 minutes long. There is no good reason for that garbage
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 11 months ago
Dude with kids cartoons it’s horrible. 5+ min ads disguised as cartoons for 2min videos. It’s absurd.
th3dogcow@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If you use the kids YouTube app then there are no ads. On tv, you can use the regular YouTube app to switch to your child’s account and then no more ads.