At some point Hulu did that - just like three, thirty-second blocks of silent 'shame on you for ad blocking!' I totally preferred that to ads...
Now I just don't use Hulu?
Comment on YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
Bonehead@kbin.social 10 months agoI honestly think I prefer the delay over the ad.
DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 10 months ago
stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 10 months ago
Same. Give me the delay. At least I know that’s only five seconds, as opposed to a ten-second unskippable ad followed by another ad that I can skip after five seconds.
namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 10 months ago
You’re absolutely right, but we haven’t even touched on the worst part of ads, which is how they utterly poison your brain with annoying jingles, annoying colors, and stupid catch-phrases, all psychologically engineered to get stuck in your head.
And let’s not even go into how they prey on your fears and insecurities, or deceive you into thinking you need things that you actually don’t. How they prey on vulnerable children, or the elderly, or brainwash small children into manipulating their parents against their best interests. Or how privacy has been shredded since the advent of behavioral tracking.
I’m not exaggerating at all when I say that advertising is one of the world’s biggest psychological hazards. I would rather sit in an empty room with no stimulation whatsoever than let that poison into my brain.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
If I see an ad, I like to play the game “Roll the dice until Youtube gives up”. Hit the refresh key until it gives me the correct video length. Devalues Youtube’s ad product and costs YouTube more.
sour@kbin.social 10 months ago
i close the video on mobile
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
That is the way to do it. Then open it on NewPipe or another 3rd party app without ads if you want to see it.
Sidhean@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They’re still letting you skip ads??