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Crazyman93 06/13/20 5:03:16 PM #1:	Truly a battle of the ages. Now they're slipping ads into the recommendation list on YouTube. I'm running two separate ad blockers, and neither caught it, so I'm sure if I try manually what will inevitably happen is I'll block the ENTIRE recommendation list. As a side note, the ad is for one of those probably a scam match making sites. Using the same stock picture of a large chested woman in red with glasses that I've seen since literally 2008, across a multitude of different ads for roughly the same product in varying degrees of blatant porn scam. --- let's lubricate friction material! ~nickels, Cars & Trucks <cite>Crazyman93 posted [p:940623570] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Truly a battle of the ages. Now they're slipping ads into the recommendation list on YouTube. I'm running two separate ad blockers, and neither caught it, so I'm sure if I try manually what will inevitably happen is I'll block the ENTIRE recommendation list. As a side note, the ad is for one of those probably a scam match making sites. Using the same stock picture of a large chested woman in red with glasses that I've seen since literally 2008, across a multitude of different ads for roughly the same product in varying degrees of blatant porn scam. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zack_Attackv1 06/13/20 5:09:36 PM #2:	Give it your best shot, Alphabet. --- https://imgur.com/qLuYqoo <cite>Zack_Attackv1 posted [p:940623869] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Give it your best shot, Alphabet.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
deupd_u 06/13/20 5:18:16 PM #3:	Every video starts with a frozen, skippable ad for me. It's really jarring how much different the internet is without AdBlock. --- Snipers don't shoot at paper, they shoot watermelons. https://imgur.com/jo511lG <cite>deupd_u posted [p:940624237] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Every video starts with a frozen, skippable ad for me. It's really jarring how much different the internet is without AdBlock. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
voldothegr8 06/13/20 5:18:37 PM #4:	I have ublock Origin and never see ads for anything --- Oda break tracker 2020- 2 (3) \| THE Ohio State: 13-1 \| Oakland Raiders: 7-9 <cite>voldothegr8 posted [p:940624253] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>I have ublock Origin and never see ads for anything</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crazyman93 06/13/20 5:29:43 PM #5:	deupd_u posted... Every video starts with a frozen, skippable ad for me. It's really jarring how much different the internet is without AdBlock. Right? Before GameFAQs made me say enough and get an adblocker (because an ad that literally made the site unusable "slipped through") I once got an "ad" that was a fucking hour long. That's not an ad, that is a documentary over what I'm fairly sure was 5 or less minute video. I remember the time of the ad and it having a skip button, I don't remember what they were trying to sell me. My father was watching YouTube through his smart TV once and got a TV pilot as an "ad". That was on a 5-10 minute video. There's a limit to how much bullshit people are willing to put up with, and ad companies have long blown past it and don't seem to realize that fact. I don't care how much you spend on an ad campaign online, if it gets blocked because the last ads were already too obnoxious to stand for, you've wasted the money. --- let's lubricate friction material! ~nickels, Cars & Trucks <cite>Crazyman93 posted [p:940624749] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>deupd_u posted... </cite> <quote>Every video starts with a frozen, skippable ad for me. It's really jarring how much different the internet is without AdBlock. </quote>Right? Before GameFAQs made me say enough and get an adblocker (because an ad that literally made the site unusable "slipped through") I once got an "ad" that was a fucking hour long. That's not an ad, that is a documentary over what I'm fairly sure was 5 or less minute video. I remember the time of the ad and it having a skip button, I don't remember what they were trying to sell me. My father was watching YouTube through his smart TV once and got a TV pilot as an "ad". That was on a 5-10 minute video. There's a limit to how much bullshit people are willing to put up with, and ad companies have long blown past it and don't seem to realize that fact. I don't care how much you spend on an ad campaign online, if it gets blocked because the last ads were already too obnoxious to stand for, you've wasted the money. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
deupd_u 06/13/20 5:32:36 PM #6:	Crazyman93 posted... Right? Before GameFAQs made me say enough and get an adblocker (because an ad that literally made the site unusable "slipped through") I once got an "ad" that was a fucking hour long. That's not an ad, that is a documentary over what I'm fairly sure was 5 or less minute video. I remember the time of the ad and it having a skip button, I don't remember what they were trying to sell me. My father was watching YouTube through his smart TV once and got a TV pilot as an "ad". That was on a 5-10 minute video. There's a limit to how much bullshit people are willing to put up with, and ad companies have long blown past it and don't seem to realize that fact. I don't care how much you spend on an ad campaign online, if it gets blocked because the last ads were already too obnoxious to stand for, you've wasted the money. UPDATE: voldothegr8 posted... I have ublock Origin and never see ads for anything This fixed it. Guess they focused on AdBlock specifically. --- Snipers don't shoot at paper, they shoot watermelons. https://imgur.com/jo511lG <cite>deupd_u posted [p:940624841] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Crazyman93 posted... </cite> <quote>Right? Before GameFAQs made me say enough and get an adblocker (because an ad that literally made the site unusable "slipped through") I once got an "ad" that was a fucking hour long. That's not an ad, that is a documentary over what I'm fairly sure was 5 or less minute video. I remember the time of the ad and it having a skip button, I don't remember what they were trying to sell me. My father was watching YouTube through his smart TV once and got a TV pilot as an "ad". That was on a 5-10 minute video. There's a limit to how much bullshit people are willing to put up with, and ad companies have long blown past it and don't seem to realize that fact. I don't care how much you spend on an ad campaign online, if it gets blocked because the last ads were already too obnoxious to stand for, you've wasted the money.</quote>UPDATE: voldothegr8 posted... </cite> <quote>I have ublock Origin and never see ads for anything</quote> This fixed it. Guess they focused on AdBlock specifically. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crazyman93 06/13/20 5:35:09 PM #7:	deupd_u posted... Guess they focused on AdBlock specifically. I've heard they've been going hardest at AdBlock. Probably something to do with the name making them stand out. --- let's lubricate friction material! ~nickels, Cars & Trucks <cite>Crazyman93 posted [p:940624942] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>deupd_u posted... </cite> <quote>Guess they focused on AdBlock specifically.</quote>I've heard they've been going hardest at AdBlock. Probably something to do with the name making them stand out. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rexdragon125 06/13/20 5:38:30 PM #8:	I don't see how people use the Internet without adblockers Last time I did it on GameFAQs I got huge background ads so poorly coded they brought my gaming PC to its knees, multiple video ads talking over each other, and redirects to fake antivirus virus sites <cite>Rexdragon125 posted [p:940625101] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>I don't see how people use the Internet without adblockers Last time I did it on GameFAQs I got huge background ads so poorly coded they brought my gaming PC to its knees, multiple video ads talking over each other, and redirects to fake antivirus virus sites </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prestoff 06/13/20 5:41:16 PM #9:	voldothegr8 posted... I have ublock Origin and never see ads for anything Same, looks like they're specifically targetting adblockers. Like I keep saying, having non-intrusive ads is fine. The reason most of us use ad-blockers are the annoying ones that play sound, enlarge themselves, pop ups, and the ones that download malware on your computer. --- DI MOLTO! <cite>Prestoff posted [p:940625219] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>voldothegr8 posted... </cite> <quote>I have ublock Origin and never see ads for anything</quote> Same, looks like they're specifically targetting adblockers. Like I keep saying, having non-intrusive ads is fine. The reason most of us use ad-blockers are the annoying ones that play sound, enlarge themselves, pop ups, and the ones that download malware on your computer. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crazyman93 06/13/20 5:41:43 PM #10:	Rexdragon125 posted... I don't see how people use the Internet without adblockers Last time I did it on GameFAQs I got huge background ads so poorly coded they brought my gaming PC to its knees, multiple video ads talking over each other, and redirects to fake antivirus virus sites Yeah, the sooner ad companies learn autoplay ads that are loud and obnoxious don't make me want to buy your product, the sooner they might get me to care about ads again. Fundamentally, I have nothing against advertising, someone has to pay the website owner money to keep the lights on, and without ads it would be me as a user. My problem is, as I've said, with giant flashy ads that are either loud, distracting, or slow the site down or otherwise render it unusable. --- let's lubricate friction material! ~nickels, Cars & Trucks <cite>Crazyman93 posted [p:940625239] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Rexdragon125 posted... </cite> <quote>I don't see how people use the Internet without adblockers Last time I did it on GameFAQs I got huge background ads so poorly coded they brought my gaming PC to its knees, multiple video ads talking over each other, and redirects to fake antivirus virus sites</quote>Yeah, the sooner ad companies learn autoplay ads that are loud and obnoxious don't make me want to buy your product, the sooner they might get me to care about ads again. Fundamentally, I have nothing against advertising, someone has to pay the website owner money to keep the lights on, and without ads it would be me as a user. My problem is, as I've said, with giant flashy ads that are either loud, distracting, or slow the site down or otherwise render it unusable. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pojr 06/13/20 5:44:51 PM #11:	never had much of a problem with gamefaqs ads, but other sites ruined it for me. now i use ublock origin. --- pojr I summon it. You spell it. <cite>pojr posted [p:940625380] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>never had much of a problem with gamefaqs ads, but other sites ruined it for me. now i use ublock origin. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumpo 06/13/20 5:48:49 PM #12:	ublock da mvp <cite>Trumpo posted [p:940625540] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>ublock da mvp </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FL81 06/13/20 6:10:58 PM #13:	Keep your filters up-to-date. --- Placeholder signature until ImgTC comes back online <cite>FL81 posted [p:940626442] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Keep your filters up-to-date. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
voldothegr8 06/13/20 6:20:39 PM #14:	FL81 posted... Keep your filters up-to-date. Or use uBlock Origin and never worry again --- Oda break tracker 2020- 2 (3) \| THE Ohio State: 13-1 \| Oakland Raiders: 7-9 <cite>voldothegr8 posted [p:940626883] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>FL81 posted...</cite> <quote>Keep your filters up-to-date. </quote> Or use uBlock Origin and never worry again</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Masamune_DS 06/13/20 6:33:45 PM #15:	Any problem running both Adblock and UBlock? --- If a wizard turns me into Dawn then I would sooo touch myself every single night. ~ SoulGainDestiny <cite>Masamune_DS posted [p:940627487] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Any problem running both Adblock and UBlock? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
voldothegr8 06/13/20 6:37:58 PM #16:	Masamune_DS posted... Any problem running both Adblock and UBlock? Why would you want to when uBlock Origin has you completely covered? --- Oda break tracker 2020- 2 (3) \| THE Ohio State: 13-1 \| Oakland Raiders: 7-9 <cite>voldothegr8 posted [p:940627688] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Masamune_DS posted...</cite> <quote>Any problem running both Adblock and UBlock? </quote> Why would you want to when uBlock Origin has you completely covered?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Masamune_DS 06/13/20 9:31:27 PM #17:	voldothegr8 posted... Why would you want to when uBlock Origin has you completely covered? Encase it doesn't have me completely covered? I don't know its scope. Can the claim that you're "completely covered" be evidenced? --- If a wizard turns me into Dawn then I would sooo touch myself every single night. ~ SoulGainDestiny <cite>Masamune_DS posted [p:940635322] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>voldothegr8 posted... </cite> <quote>Why would you want to when uBlock Origin has you completely covered?</quote> Encase it doesn't have me completely covered? I don't know its scope. Can the claim that you're "completely covered" be evidenced? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hakujo 06/13/20 9:33:36 PM #18:	Crazyman93 posted... Yeah, the sooner ad companies learn autoplay ads that are loud and obnoxious don't make me want to buy your product, the sooner they might get me to care about ads again. Fundamentally, I have nothing against advertising, someone has to pay the website owner money to keep the lights on, and without ads it would be me as a user. My problem is, as I've said, with giant flashy ads that are either loud, distracting, or slow the site down or otherwise render it unusable. Agreed, sadly they'll only look at the click/conversion rates rather than the other side of all people who DON'T lol --- Stop reading me without consent. <cite>hakujo posted [p:940635406] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Crazyman93 posted... </cite> <quote>Yeah, the sooner ad companies learn autoplay ads that are loud and obnoxious don't make me want to buy your product, the sooner they might get me to care about ads again. Fundamentally, I have nothing against advertising, someone has to pay the website owner money to keep the lights on, and without ads it would be me as a user. My problem is, as I've said, with giant flashy ads that are either loud, distracting, or slow the site down or otherwise render it unusable.</quote>Agreed, sadly they'll only look at the click/conversion rates rather than the other side of all people who DON'T lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
trappedunderice 06/13/20 9:33:43 PM #19:	https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tHEOGrkhDp0 <cite>trappedunderice posted [p:940635412] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tHEOGrkhDp0 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Iodine 06/13/20 9:35:21 PM #20:	voldothegr8 posted... I have ublock Origin and never see ads for anything voldothegr8 posted... Or use uBlock Origin and never worry again --- In Belichick we Trust <cite>Iodine posted [p:940635481] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>voldothegr8 posted... </cite> <quote>I have ublock Origin and never see ads for anything</quote> voldothegr8 posted... </cite> <quote>Or use uBlock Origin and never worry again</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Iodine 06/13/20 9:36:00 PM #21:	Like the only time I have seen an ad is when uBlock is down and that is quite rare. --- In Belichick we Trust <cite>Iodine posted [p:940635512] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Like the only time I have seen an ad is when uBlock is down and that is quite rare. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SaradaUchihaXXX 06/13/20 9:36:26 PM #22:	I have YouTube Premium, no ads for me. <cite>SaradaUchihaXXX posted [p:940635529] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>I have YouTube Premium, no ads for me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DuneMan 06/13/20 9:37:27 PM #23:	Adblock Plus or Ublock Origin should nix most ads. Some will try to guilt/shame you for running them, but ads which are intrusive in terms of volume or flashing colors, and that sometimes run in sequence, are just too annoying. --- "I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me." -Cao Cao <cite>DuneMan posted [p:940635566] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Adblock Plus or Ublock Origin should nix most ads. Some will try to guilt/shame you for running them, but ads which are intrusive in terms of volume or flashing colors, and that sometimes run in sequence, are just too annoying. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hakujo 06/13/20 9:37:57 PM #24:	SaradaUchihaXXX posted... I have YouTube Premium, no ads for me. You're exactly what they want. How is it though - absolutely zero ads? --- Stop reading me without consent. <cite>hakujo posted [p:940635582] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>SaradaUchihaXXX posted... </cite> <quote>I have YouTube Premium, no ads for me.</quote>You're exactly what they want. How is it though - absolutely zero ads? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SaradaUchihaXXX 06/13/20 9:43:53 PM #26:	hakujo posted... You're exactly what they want. How is it though - absolutely zero ads? Indeed. I love it especially on mobile. <cite>SaradaUchihaXXX posted [p:940635799] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>hakujo posted... </cite> <quote>You're exactly what they want. How is it though - absolutely zero ads?</quote> Indeed. I love it especially on mobile. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kisai 06/13/20 9:45:43 PM #27:	Rexdragon125 posted... I don't see how people use the Internet without adblockers All the people I know actually LIKE ads. --- WHO MODS THE MODERATORS? <cite>Kisai posted [p:940635868] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Rexdragon125 posted... </cite> <quote>I don't see how people use the Internet without adblockers</quote>All the people I know actually LIKE ads. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DuneMan 06/13/20 9:47:54 PM #28:	Kisai posted... All the people I know actually LIKE ads. Maybe they've been conditioned by their smart phones? Those **ing things track all sorts of data about you, and send ads that are suspiciously relevant to places you've been around lately or topics you've discussed at any point in the recent past.... There's quite the marketing dollar to be made in tracking and using customer data in real time like that... --- "I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me." -Cao Cao <cite>DuneMan posted [p:940635973] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>Kisai posted... </cite> <quote>All the people I know actually LIKE ads.</quote>Maybe they've been conditioned by their smart phones? Those **ing things track all sorts of data about you, and send ads that are suspiciously relevant to places you've been around lately or topics you've discussed at any point in the recent past.... There's quite the marketing dollar to be made in tracking and using customer data in real time like that... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kisai 06/13/20 9:53:24 PM #29:	DuneMan posted... Maybe they've been conditioned by their smart phones? Those **ing things track all sorts of data about you, and send ads that are suspiciously relevant to places you've been around lately or topics you've discussed at any point in the recent past.... There's quite the marketing dollar to be made in tracking and using customer data in real time like that... Maybe. Like, one guy I know, I tried to tell him how obnoxious ads are. And YouTube didn't even have ads at first, so having them now is especially egregious. He was just like, "Well, guess what? Things change." But he's sort of a corporate bootlicker. Outside of him, every time I see someone watching YouTube without ads, I tried to tell them to get adblocker since it was driving me crazy, and they refused. --- WHO MODS THE MODERATORS? <cite>Kisai posted [p:940636229] in Google vs ... [t:78769570]...</cite> <quote>DuneMan posted... </cite> <quote>Maybe they've been conditioned by their smart phones? Those **ing things track all sorts of data about you, and send ads that are suspiciously relevant to places you've been around lately or topics you've discussed at any point in the recent past.... There's quite the marketing dollar to be made in tracking and using customer data in real time like that...</quote>Maybe. Like, one guy I know, I tried to tell him how obnoxious ads are. And YouTube didn't even have ads at first, so having them now is especially egregious. He was just like, "Well, guess what? Things change." But he's sort of a corporate bootlicker. Outside of him, every time I see someone watching YouTube without ads, I tried to tell them to get adblocker since it was driving me crazy, and they refused. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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