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Google is feeling pretty pumped about a new way of showing you ads on YouTube (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/privacy
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not a single word on user reaction.

Do we need that, though?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i avoid youtube, so i don't really mind, but if they put more of those and less before or during the video, that would make me avoid it a bit less

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I unabashedly pirate with adblockers on my computer and alternative apps on mobile. My mobile app stopped working the other day. I just stopped watching youtube on mobile completely. It is not at all worth it to watch ads for even one minute, in my considered opinion.

[–] kinsnik 15 points 7 months ago

Yeah, if at any point YouTube succeeds in killing the adblockers, then I’ll just stop watching youtube and only watch the creators that upload to Nebula

[–] MigratingtoLemmy 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Use a Firefox fork with uBlock and you'll have a decent time of it. Including playback in the background

[–] bigmclargehuge 1 points 7 months ago

Grayjay, LibreTube, NewPipe, Invidious, Piped. If one seems to be down, the others always seem to work. Haven't been on YouTube in months.