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Today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are

I watched a Warframe (game) YouTube video on the Steam integrated browser, without beeing connected to my account and Holly s* it was horrible.

In a 14 minutes video, I got 5 ads. 1 (or more skippable once) at the beginning, 1 during the first half of the video, 2 during the second half, and 1 at the end.

All were skippable after 5 sec.

2 were close together at about 1 min interval during the second half of the video.

But that is not the only issue. 4 of those ads (not the last one at the end), were Israeli hate/war anti-hamas propaganda.

I consider these ads horrible and they should not be allowed in my opinion.

JewGoblin ,

haven't watched an ad in almost a decade lol

zanyllama52 ,
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Seriously, how are people able to consume YouTube content as well as their ads? Piped + SponsorBlock + DeArrow and that's a wrap, jack.

farhanfrezz ,

It's impressive to see the resourcefulness in enhancing the YouTube experience! With tools like Piped, SponsorBlock, and DeArrow, it seems like you've found an effective way to skip ads and streamline content consumption. Great job finding what works for you! 🌟

hunter2 ,
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Most people, including myself, seem to agree, that ads were never the problem. When YouTube started, it had ads too and nobody cared. But the ads got worse and websites started to shove them down our throats. I miss the times of a single banner below a video. I don't think Google and all the others realise just how much determined nerds can achieve. So far the ad blockers seem to win the race, minus some minor setbacks.

deegeese ,
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Some of those that work ad tech are the same that write filters.

Potatos_are_not_friends ,

Yep. My day job is providing tools to marketing folks and improving lead gen. It pays me well.

But I also contribute to open source projects to unfuck the internet. I know the tricks people like me use.

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