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there's now more ads in "legit" sites (YouTube, amazon) than in piracy sites (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And yet I see 0 ads in either of those sites.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

There are in the videos as sponsors for a lot of channels on YouTube, and as sponsored results on Amazon

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sponsorblock, my friend.

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

Seriously, this is the only way. My sympathy to the creators who need sponsors because fuck YouTube but damn is it getting absurd. Nearly as bad as cable TV.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Of all the ads being pushed on us, this type seems like the least egregious to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Especially when creators find interesting ways to work them in, which is pretty often, in my experience. They're the one type of ad that doesn't annoy me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I just noticed he also mentioned sponsored ads in Amazon results and etc, which are definitely worse than in YouTube/etc videos.

I've cut down buying from them quite a bit, but when using the Amazon app, or web without adblock, the sponsored results have made the shopping experience SIGNIFICANTLY worse in the last 6 months.

It used to be that you'd see one here and there, but the volume of "sponsored" results has gotten ridiculous, and the quality is awful. Half of the sponsored results I see - at best - are very specifically not what I searched for. Sometimes not even close.

It's one of several reasons I hardly buy from them anymore.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Tbh I don’t care about the sponsor segments in videos. It’s actually my favorite way of advertising, as I can skip it or watch the funny ones (tomska does really funny - although slightly incorrect - segments).

But boy do I hate sponsored results on Amazon or similar platforms. I feel like I have to search through them to get to the actual products, and then I can’t trust the reviews

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

SponsorBlock takes care of the sponsored segments in youtube videos. There are addons for blocking sponsored search results on amazon too.