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Any idea what Google are doing? Is this because I dont use Chrome (use Firefox)? I've no adblockers. (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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. 🤷‍♂️

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Im baffled how 89% can survive without adblock. I would have died by electroshock, if there wasn’t adblocks available. (Hitting (my) pc too hard)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I have the YouTube app on my phone and when I'm cleaning, shopping for groceries or whatever, I open it with auto-play next video enabled and essentially let it load ads, so Google can be happy.

When I'm actually consuming YT, I block ads because fuck ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most people use the official app.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Ah, I see it’s YouTube specifically not web in general. I must agree, I gave up on blocking YouTube and went to India (von) and together with the family plan I got to about 1.5$ a month (ruf estimate from remembering) for premium Of course, this doesn’t stop YouTube from tracking my behavior. It’s a trade of, I am currently accepting for myself. I still support any action against the monopoly YouTube has on Video hosting.