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bnui_ransder
09/30/22 2:41:30 AM
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I know they're bad, terrible. Right now I can't disable the ads

3:43 in to a video and I've already skipped 4 ads

The fuck is this shit

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Mistere_Man
09/30/22 2:42:13 AM
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Yeah I agree.

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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 2:42:32 AM
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Did you know YouTube is a free product that anybody can use, if you allow ads, but there is a version where there is NO ads, but you have to pay for it?
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bnui_ransder
09/30/22 2:44:07 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
Did you know YouTube is a free product that anybody can use, if you allow ads, but there is a version where there is NO ads, but you have to pay for it?
There are other sites that are also free that give a minimum of 5 minutes without ads

I was fine with the ads before because it's free but an ad a minute is ridiculous

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Smashingpmkns
09/30/22 2:44:45 AM
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They gotta make that stadia money back

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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 2:45:05 AM
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bnui_ransder posted...
There are other sites that are also free that give a minimum of 5 minutes without ads

I was fine with the ads before because it's free but an ad a minute is ridiculous
Oh!

you should use those sites then!

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bnui_ransder
09/30/22 2:45:51 AM
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Someone always needs to be obtuse for no reason

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wackyteen
09/30/22 2:47:20 AM
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I haven't seen a YouTube ad in years

I'd quit YouTube if I had to deal with the ads.

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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 2:48:50 AM
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bnui_ransder posted...
Someone always needs to be obtuse for no reason
Im not being obtuse

i just feel like YouTube provides a service for free, and if you dont like the way the free service is provided, you can pay for it to not have ads or you can use another site

i think YouTube is one of the most useful sites on the internet, and completely worth the monthly payment. Thats why Im always slighting annoyed when people complain about it the way they do.
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wackyteen
09/30/22 2:56:16 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
Im not being obtuse

i just feel like YouTube provides a service for free, and if you dont like the way the free service is provided, you can pay for it to not have ads or you can use another site

i think YouTube is one of the most useful sites on the internet, and completely worth the monthly payment. Thats why Im always slighting annoyed when people complain about it the way they do.
I mean, I pay and use an Adblocker as well and I understand why the free users are complaining.

Up to 10 ads to start the video, plus multiple ad breaks in the length of the video, with some of those ad breaks consisting of multiple ads in themselves, plus ads that can be longer than movies or even entire actual fucking movies.

I can see why the free users are bitching. Cause it's bull fuck shit being served to them. If there was a logical consistency to the ad rate (IE an ad or two to start, then an ad break at 25/30%, 50/60% and 75/90% of the video length for videos over X minutes) and if they were consistently skippable or of shorter (15s or less) length then it'd be understandable and manageable.

But as it stands now, if you got 10 minutes to burn, and you pick a 6 minute video, it's not unrealistic that you won't even be able to finish said fucking video due to ads.

Why would I agree to seeing a 90 minute movie that may actually take me 180 minutes to watch?

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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 2:58:55 AM
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wackyteen posted...
I mean, I pay and use an Adblocker as well and I understand why the free users are complaining.

Up to 10 ads to start the video, plus multiple ad breaks in the length of the video, with some of those ad breaks consisting of multiple ads in themselves, plus ads that can be longer than movies or even entire actual fucking movies.

I can see why the free users are bitching. Cause it's bull fuck shit being served to them. If there was a logical consistency to the ad rate (IE an ad or two to start, then an ad break at 25/30%, 50/60% and 75/90% of the video length for videos over X minutes) and if they were consistently skippable or of shorter (15s or less) length then it'd be understandable and manageable.

But as it stands now, if you got 10 minutes to burn, and you pick a 6 minute video, it's not unrealistic that you won't even be able to finish said fucking video due to ads.

Why would I agree to seeing a 90 minute movie that may actually take me 180 minutes to watch?
back in my day we watched 22 minute tv shows with 8 minutes of commercials and we couldnt control when things started or stopped
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bnui_ransder
09/30/22 3:02:37 AM
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Well you're not here to actually hear anything. But that's fine, I'm just here to complain.

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lilORANG
09/30/22 3:03:29 AM
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As least they don't run that Google Fi ad anymore

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wackyteen
09/30/22 3:04:40 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
back in my day we watched 22 minute tv shows with 8 minutes of commercials and we couldnt control when things started or stopped
But at least they'd interrupt logically consistently with the show you're watching and wouldn't cut mid-word, mid-sentence, mid-train of thought into your viewing experience. YouTube doesn't have that. TV shows had a natural flow of breath to them. YouTube ads are like trying to perform CPR on someone, not with rhythmatic consistent pumps but flailing randomly on their chest like you're King Kong.


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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 3:04:53 AM
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Im not here to hear anything..

is that a new fancy youre disagreeing with me and I dont like it
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Zergrush80
09/30/22 3:05:07 AM
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I've seen those horrible ads that are like 45mins to an hour long and I'm like that's not an ad, that's a fucking tv show. Who in their mind would sit there and watch that and wats worse it pops up a lot on clips that aren't even 10 mins long, no way should an ad be longer than the clip or even that long in the first place. I'm not sure if it was a mistake but I got one of those a couple of times and they weren't even skippable, like youtube saying u gotta watch this shit to watch ur 5min clip.....no thanks son...

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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 3:06:25 AM
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wackyteen posted...
But at least they'd interrupt logically consistently with the show you're watching and wouldn't cut mid-word, mid-sentence, mid-train of thought into your viewing experience. YouTube doesn't have that. TV shows had a natural flow of breath to them. YouTube ads are like trying to perform CPR on someone, not with rhythmatic consistent pumps but flailing randomly on their chest like you're King Kong.
Yeah but you also didnt have the control of what you were watching like you do with YouTube, so there are pros and cons of both

and if, when watching those 8 minutes of commercials, somebody said hey if you give me 10$ a month, you can skip all of these Id have fuckin gone through my couch cushions as a child and gotten that 10$
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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 3:07:07 AM
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Zergrush80 posted...
I've seen those horrible ads that are like 45mins to an hour long and I'm like that's not an ad, that's a fucking tv show. Who in their mind would sit there and watch that and wats worse it pops up a lot on clips that aren't even 10 mins long, no way should an ad be longer than the clip or even that long in the first place. I'm not sure if it was a mistake but I got one of those a couple of times and they weren't even skippable, like youtube saying u gotta watch this shit to watch ur 5min clip.....no thanks son...
This isnt actually true, is it?
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trappedunderice
09/30/22 3:07:09 AM
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Ad in 5....4.....3
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Zergrush80
09/30/22 3:10:03 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
This isnt actually true, is it?
Yes its true, if it happens again I'll be sure to take a pic.

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Despised
09/30/22 3:13:06 AM
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Zergrush80 posted...
Yes its true, if it happens again I'll be sure to take a pic.

shit Ill have one for you by morning

i like to binge YouTube on my smart tv at bedtime, or when Im doing computer shit from bed, and recently it is godawful

not only are there more ads but if you dont skip a skippable ad thats 1/1, it can just play another one and make it 1/2 because it feels like it


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pegusus123456
09/30/22 3:15:24 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
This isnt actually true, is it?
I once had a literal TV show as a Youtube ad. I start up some video and I'm suddenly watching the entire first episode of The Mick.

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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 3:16:46 AM
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If theyre giving you 45 minute unskippable ads, then yeah, thats obviously not okay

Ive never encountered those or heard of anybody else encountering them though
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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 3:17:09 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
I once had a literal TV show as a Youtube ad. I start up some video and I'm suddenly watching the entire first episode of The Mick.
Ive had things like that, but never unskippable
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Garioshi
09/30/22 3:19:34 AM
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Just get an adblocker it's 2022 there is literally no excuse

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Despised
09/30/22 3:19:56 AM
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Garioshi posted...
Just get an adblocker it's 2022 there is literally no excuse
TV

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Garioshi
09/30/22 3:22:26 AM
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Despised posted...
TV
https://techprofet.com/block-youtube-ads-on-android-tv/

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bnui_ransder
09/30/22 3:22:57 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
This isnt actually true, is it?
It's true, especially later at night. The ads increase in frequency and they throw super long ads at you, probably hoping you fell asleep or something

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MICHALECOLE
09/30/22 3:23:48 AM
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bnui_ransder posted...
It's true, especially later at night. The ads increase in frequency and they throw super long ads at you, probably hoping you fell asleep or something
Youre telling me late at night they put 45 minute unskippable ads on YouTube videos

thats what youre telling me
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Despised
09/30/22 3:24:07 AM
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bnui_ransder posted...
It's true, especially later at night. The ads increase in frequency and they throw super long ads at you, probably hoping you fell asleep or something

im just out here not able to sleep trying to binge watch long form movie retrospective videos man

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Monferno_AQW
09/30/22 3:25:43 AM
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uBlock Origin, people. The only time I might see an ad is if I simply click on a video, which is why I always open the video in a new tab.

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pegusus123456
09/30/22 3:28:01 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
Ive had things like that, but never unskippable
Yeah, it wasn't unskippable just really weird.

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gu-gohan
09/30/22 3:28:07 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
Im not being obtuse

i just feel like YouTube provides a service for free, and if you dont like the way the free service is provided, you can pay for it to not have ads or you can use another site

i think YouTube is one of the most useful sites on the internet, and completely worth the monthly payment. Thats why Im always slighting annoyed when people complain about it the way they do.
I agree with the part, that people shouldn't always expect to get everything for free.

However, there's a difference between paying for the infrastructure costs and funding wannabe influencers in a highly marketing-oversaturated market.

The whole monetarization thing is getting out of hand. Remember the days when people uploaded videos just for fun, without earning any money in mind? The increase of ads is a consequence of uploaders/influencers getting money for the clicks/attention they get. It's a battle. A spiral, that only knows one direction, upwards.

So the issue is not that I'm not willing to pay for a service at all. But I'm not willing to fund a system, that's based on competitive marketing.

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bnui_ransder
09/30/22 3:28:13 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
Youre telling me late at night they put 45 minute unskippable ads on YouTube videos

thats what youre telling me
Yeah, and I think its a mistake of some kind because you have to back out of the video and go back in to get a regular ad instead

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Zergrush80
09/30/22 3:29:25 AM
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I watch youtube on console, so I haven't even remotely checked if that's possible to have adblocker...


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008Zulu
09/30/22 3:36:56 AM
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Imagine suffering ads needlessly.

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Oatcakes
09/30/22 3:40:52 AM
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You can skip even the "un-skipable" ones by clicking the little "i" and saying you don't want to see the ad and then return to vid. If you do it on the first one in a cluster, it skips all the ads in that cluster. Works on every device I've tried it on.

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Axiom
09/30/22 3:44:28 AM
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Complaints about ads are so dumb because they are so easy to avoid. If you are choosing not to use an adblocker then that's on you and you need to just shut the fuck up and watch them
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CassandraCroft
09/30/22 3:46:57 AM
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I will never ever understand people who in this day and age use their desktop PC without ad blockers.

I have uBlock Origin, Ad Block, an ad blocker for Youtube, Sponsor Block for Youtube, Privacy Badger, ClearURL's and tampermonkey stuffed into Firefox.

I can understand the annoyance for people who use their iPads/iPhones/consoles for Youtube/internet access. When my PC has screwed up I have used my Xbox One S for internet access and it was horrible having to plough through ads on sites. I look for an ad blocker but there isn't anything available for games consoles.

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Smashingpmkns
09/30/22 3:48:35 AM
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Is there a way to block ads using the yt app on Android?

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Garioshi
09/30/22 3:49:19 AM
#41:


Smashingpmkns posted...
Is there a way to block ads using the yt app on Android?
Just get Youtube Vanced

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Axiom
09/30/22 3:49:43 AM
#42:


Smashingpmkns posted...
Is there a way to block ads using the yt app on Android?
Firefox with Ublock and Ghostery. I have never seen a single ad on my S10

Oh you mean the app. Yeah fuck the youtube app
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RAAAWWWRRR
09/30/22 3:50:55 AM
#43:


What ads? I have premium haaaHAAA

Jokes aside, i'm glad i've been using premium for like 2 years by now. I use Youtube DAILY since I was a teen. Also at work I watch Youtube too, and sometimes im not log into my premium account.

and it's SHOCKING how there's 45 min ads... at least their skippable... but still... fuck off with that shit.

I had to stop work once because i was shocked on a 45 mins ad. I was like IS THIS A THING NOW?!?!?

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Sharashaska
09/30/22 5:51:26 AM
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Just report the ad and it skips both, it's a matter of 2-3 seconds pressing buttons

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UnholyMudcrab
09/30/22 5:52:46 AM
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Using an adblocker is the morally correct choice

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B18Champ
09/30/22 6:07:52 AM
#46:


Youtube Premium was one of the best investments I ever made. I watch a lot of Youtube videos each day and not having ads is amazing.

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bnui_ransder
09/30/22 10:21:40 AM
#47:


Axiom posted...
Complaints about ads are so dumb because they are so easy to avoid. If you are choosing not to use an adblocker then that's on you and you need to just shut the fuck up and watch them

bnui_ransder posted...
know they're bad, terrible. Right now I can't disable the ads


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pinky0926
09/30/22 10:23:34 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
Oh!

you should use those sites then!

problem solved

Dude why are you shilling for big corporate, its embarrassing

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SauI_Goodman
09/30/22 10:32:09 AM
#49:


Ad block buddy. Youre welcome.

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haloiscoolisbak
09/30/22 10:42:54 AM
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The thing I hate most about ads is when it's something I'm trying not to think about and suddenly the topic is forced in my face when I'm trying to just relax and switch off my brain from my constant overthinking to watch a cool informative video about WW2 or an unsolved mystery or something

"Hey guys, here's 5 mistakes you're making on dates with women"

Fucking shut up YouTube!

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