Comment on YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads''
electric@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’ve had this for about a week or 2. Super annoying because you can’t continue the video by pressing the play/pause button, need to “Ok” the video window. Come on Google, you just bricked a button on your OWN OS. Awful.
northendtrooper@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
What OS are you on?
What Browser are you using?
Are you using any ad blockers?
mean_bean279@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They’re running Android (Google) TV
No browser, likely app based (hence the TV)
You could theoretically run a PiHole, but I don’t believe that works too well on YouTube anymore. Especially considering the tight integration Google utilizes for their ad services with their non-paid services.
fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Google TV can run the vastly superior Smarttube app, no ads, double the framerate, much better experience.
mean_bean279@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think Google just sent out a memo to all apps pulling the YouTube API to start showing ads or they’d pull their tokens.
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