ads can be 30 seconds
Comment on YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
simonced@lemmy.one 7 months ago
Lol, I’d rather wait 5 seconds that see an ad lol.
sour@kbin.social 7 months ago
GreenMario@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Ads can be 15 minutes. Like they’re adding goddamn infomercials now.
ElectroNeutrino@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve seen more than one hour long ad. It let you skip after 5 seconds, but imagine if someone were leaving it on as background.
Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 7 months ago
When they first launched YouTube Redi remember they were throwing whole episodes of their shows up as pre-roll ads.
sour@kbin.social 7 months ago
RandomStickman@kbin.social 7 months ago
Wait 5 seconds and it plays or bombarded with ads that, at best, takes 5 second and an manual action before watching a video?
Yeah, if I wasn't using Freetube on desktop I'm still not watching ads.
Fluid@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Frog, meet boiling water. This is standard play, like adding ads in the first place. First it’s one short, then slightly longer, then two in a row, then interspersed… eventually it’s commercial TV, just one big ad. Give em inch, they take a mile. Advertising shits in your head, don’t let it.