At some point this has to be counterproductive to their profits. When YouTube had way fewer and shorter ads than now, I spent a lot more of my time there than I do now. They literally drove my eyeballs away by showing too many ads.
Comment on YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They’ve also gone hard on those 10 minute ads that go on and on unless you press skip, which I often can’t cause I’m doing dishes or gave my hands busy while watching videos.
Also recently I’ve been getting the prompt to skip an ad, and when I press the skip button, it gives me two more unskipable ads
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
joemo@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
That’s the most frustrating part. I don’t mind watching limited ads. I get you gotta pay for your shit somehow. But don’t give me 30 minute ads, and don’t haphazardly place the ads in the video so there’s no transition from an important part of the video to your ad.
I typically use an adblocker but for some uses (smart TV) I’m too lazy to set up a workaround. It doesn’t bother me that much.
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 7 months ago
Jsyk smart tube is incredibly easy to hook up on an android or firetv and provides adfree viewing and sponsor-block