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Today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are (jlai.lu)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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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.

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[–] Rhoeri 69 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I can’t watch YouTube without getting ads with some gravy seal in camo walking around in the woods telling me there’s a storm coming.

Who’s allowing these clowns to spread their propaganda?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't know what a "gravy seal" is, but I'm trying to picture it and I'm kinda laughing to myself

[–] Heavybell 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine a fat, old, or otherwise unfit civilian who has purchased tactical-looking gear and weapons, which he uses for aggressive posturing. That's my understanding of the term.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much spot on. This imaginary man also owns a truck too big to park and will assault you for being gay and/or brown. People just like him populate moderate swaths of the American South and make other minor appearances farther north.

[–] grue 18 points 1 year ago

People just like him populate moderate swaths of the American South and make other minor appearances farther north.

People like him populate rural America everywhere. The South is just slightly more rural than other parts of the country.

[–] TheBat 15 points 1 year ago

Member of Meal Team 6, Vanilla ISIS, or Y'all Qaeda. Usually drives a pavement princess.

[–] jennwiththesea 9 points 1 year ago

Seriously!! I don't mind the frequency so much as the absolute SHIT they're serving up. Conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory. I've been skipping some of my favorite creators because I just don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with the bullshit every five minutes. It is truly enraging.

I also got a Nebula subscription. It's not perfect, and I wish more of the people I follow were on there, but it helps so much, mentally. I don't have to see crappy ads I didn't sign up for, or feel guilty for using an ad blocker, because the people I follow are getting paid through the subscription.

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