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So this started coming up today. On every video. I can (so far) click the "x" and remove it to watch (still see 2 ads before the video, and one after 4 minutes - ruins music on YT), but did click the "Report issue" only for the dialogue box not to work.

I found a link to a that said 11% use adblock. Thats not a lot.Maaayyyybe there is a problem with the amount of ads youtube forces down our throats for even short videos. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

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[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lol that's like too funny now. Hitting legitimate users with the nagware, so that the only ones having a good experience are the pirates :D Tale as old as the first VHS tape

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Let’s be real. Blocking ads isn’t pirating.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The equivalence the person is drawing is something like what Denuvo does on PC. Games that ship with Denuvo suffer significant performance issues but when Denuvo is cracked and the game is put on the high seas, they don't come with Denuvo so the pirates end up having a better experience.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Pirating seems to be always the more convenient way.. Especially if you have a docker server..

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

I know but there's no other noun that rolls off the tongue quite the same way.