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YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker (www.businessinsider.com)

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YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker::YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to "suboptimal viewing."

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[-] Anorack@lemmy.world 236 points 1 year ago

Worse than using YouTube without an ad blocker?

[-] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 107 points 1 year ago

That's the funny thing about this threat. It implies that using YouTube the regular way is "optimal" viewing. It's fucking shit without adblock.

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 36 points 1 year ago

Even without ads it's shit without sponsorblock for me. Not even for the sponsor spots, but the absolutely annoying copy paste of please like, subscribe, hit the notification icon, blah blah blah blah blah.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

That's shit, but it's still usable as I can shortcut my way around it. The ads are hot liquid swamp ass that make it unusable. I see ad, I circumvent or close tab.

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Sponsor Block????

[-] rob299@bookwormstory.social 14 points 1 year ago

It's optimal to them. You just don't understand Youtube's perspective of it yet. And then it's unoptimal for them when you watch with the adblocker.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

How to quit YT in a week?

disable adblocking
Suffer watching ads
Get bored, because you no longer feel like watching adTube
Switch to something else

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 year ago

There is absolutely zero possibility that they can find a way to make my experience on YouTube worse than my experience on YouTube without uBlock.

[-] rob299@bookwormstory.social 7 points 1 year ago

That's a way to look at, but i'l personally still be using Peertube. instead of 3rd party YouTube apps.

[-] xe3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Some of those alternative “YouTube” apps are not limited to YouTube as a backend/source of content. I don’t recall if it’s freetube, new pipe or both that allow using Peertube and YouTube from the same app, which helps bridge the gap in content / ease the transition from an end user perspective.

[-] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Newpipe supports Youtube, Peertube, media.ccc.de, Soundcloud and Bandcamp

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting. Thanks, I'll definitely be checking it out.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

The fact that my children know the Liberty Mutual jingle from watching YouTube at school says no.

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

yo what can you even do about this

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