Comment on Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”

• TheFriar@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You guys watch ads on YouTube?

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  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I went over a month with zero issues using UBO on YouTube. Coincidentally today for some reason the site started breaking so I updated the quick fixes filter list and that solved it.

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  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have ad blocker at the router level, but I often toggle it off when it interrupts marketing experiences that I need to see for work.

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    • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      May I ask what you are using for a blocker?

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• Wrench@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I get douche bros peddling instant meal powder crap. Which I have never, ever, looked for or researched, but my wife’s shopping habits tend to dictate my ads, even though we’re on completely different devices.

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  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, if you’re going through the same router, it’s going to be one IP. My guess is that I get the metabolism stuff because of my spouse.

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    • the_third@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a feature. When you start to get diaper ads it’s fine for some news.

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• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mostly get ads for stuff I’ve researched online; anything I buy for the house, kitchen, or simply tools for business, I make sure is “Buy It For Life” quality

  Targeted ads are hilarious. Yes, Google, I did. I did just buy a pair of Knipex Cobra pipe grips. That will be the last time ever I buy them, and they will still be hanging around a secondhand shop 150 years after I’ve turned to fuckin dust. The advert for Shungong Best Grip is a fuckin waste of electrons

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• jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Weird then that I don’t need insurance and am not looking for insurance…

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  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And I’m super skinny and don’t need to speed up my metabolism. It’s not perfect, but we both sit in a demographic cohort that seems to really buy what they’re pushing to us.

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    • LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m always getting those crappy State Farm ads with celebrities like Ludacris, who always look slightly embarrassed to be appearing in the ads

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  • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And equally that I have had LM for decades and that’s all I see ads for … yeah, real effective targeted advertising.

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• Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol, I get eavestrough filters and fat guy t-shirts. They can tell I’m an old fucker but not that I’m skinny as hell

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