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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 1 year 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] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck YouTube and fuck Google.

That is all.

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

Maybe we should be asking our favourite people on the site if they have alternative video sites they use?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Are you using a VPN? I get messages like that with Surfshark.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have firefox and adblocker and haven't ran across this. 11% using adblock is like hundreds of millions of people using adblock, actually a significant margin of loss ads shown

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I cry for the richest company in the world not making more money.

So unfair! /s

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 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)

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