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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 71 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Ive had my ad blocker turned off for a week on Youtube. Theres a preroll ad on every video and a shitload of ad break mid video and at the last 3 seconds of a video.

Its the worst viewing experience I can imagine. I cut out Twitch and even stopped all my subs when they went mandatory ad viewing. Im full on ready for third party options in the same spirit as Lemmy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

S0undTV is a good app for Twitch if you have an android TV device. No ads and support for the emotes if you like having the chat up. You've got to login to twitch through the app though to start watching. It's broken before and had ads play, but gets fixed within a few days. Lastly there is a delay compared to desktop. If that'll be a deal breaker.

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