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Today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are (jlai.lu)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Tibert@jlai.lu to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I watched a Warframe (game) YouTube video on the Steam integrated browser, without beeing connected to my account and Holly s* it was horrible.

In a 14 minutes video, I got 5 ads. 1 (or more skippable once) at the beginning, 1 during the first half of the video, 2 during the second half, and 1 at the end.

All were skippable after 5 sec.

2 were close together at about 1 min interval during the second half of the video.

But that is not the only issue. 4 of those ads (not the last one at the end), were Israeli hate/war anti-hamas propaganda.

I consider these ads horrible and they should not be allowed in my opinion.

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[-] hunter2@sh.itjust.works 222 points 2 years ago

Most people, including myself, seem to agree, that ads were never the problem. When YouTube started, it had ads too and nobody cared. But the ads got worse and websites started to shove them down our throats. I miss the times of a single banner below a video. I don't think Google and all the others realise just how much determined nerds can achieve. So far the ad blockers seem to win the race, minus some minor setbacks.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 109 points 2 years ago

Some of those that work ad tech are the same that write filters.

[-] dmonzel@lemm.ee 63 points 2 years ago

Oooooooo, is this the start of a RATM parody?

[-] Blapoo@lemmy.ml 47 points 2 years ago

BLOCKING IN THE NAME OF

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 30 points 2 years ago

FUCK YOU I WON'T LOOK AT YOUR ADVERTS

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