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Smart TVs are really just somebody else's computer that you paid for to watch ads on.
This. There is a reason why dumb displays of a similar size are much more expensive. Because the manufacturer can't feed you ads and sell your data ...
I don't understand the need for those. My smart tv is functioning exactly as a computer monitor. It is connected via a display connection to my computer, and nothing else. It does show a brief warning that it is unconnected to the internet whenever I turn it on, but it disappears after 10 seconds or so.
Yeah, but that's not how most people use Smart TVs. Also, they're still coming for you, next up they'll try to insert ads via HDMI. and good luck finding a Smart TV with display port.
Youtube: "GOD PEOPLE KEEP SKIPPING ADS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THIS LOSS OF REVENUE?!"
Viewers: "Maybe have standards for length and content and moderate the platform to prevent malicious actors?"
Youtube: "I KNOW, I'LL JUST MAKE FORCED ADS LONGER AND MORE OBNOXIOUS!"
Viewers: "JUST MODERATE YOUR FUCKING PLATFORM, YOU HAVE THE MONEY AND RESOURCES TO FUCKING DO IT"
Youtube: "Users are just so selfish and entitled, trying to skip ads.."
Viewers: " Fuck it installs ublock origin
If you grew up with commercial TV, not only is the frequency of ads on youtube bad, but the placement--in the middle of a sentence or a scene--is mentally and emotionally destructive.
When cable TV first came out it didn’t have ads because you were paying for the service. When Sirius satellite radio came out it didn’t have ads because you were paying for the service. When Netflix streaming came…
Adding ads to YouTube was always the plan.
That was always the plan. They were just slow walking it.
Also Youtube: DONT INSTALL UBLOCK ORIGIN OR WE'LL REMOVE YOUTUBE SHORTS!!!!
Viewers:
I will sit on my floor with nothing, for hours, before i watch ads.
Ive been getting back to reading myself. Media's become so overstimulating
Hmm somehow i havent ever gotten those kinds of ads.......... maybe because im using ublock? Must be something else, i am just the chosen one.
If you just click into the article you are absolutely blasted with statement after statement that this is only for TVs. Obviously if you have an ad blocker you wouldn't see ads. 🙂
No, I don't see them and the day I cannot block ads anymore is the day I am going to stop using YouTube. It's really not that important to life.
"unskippable"
I haven't seen an ad on YouTube for years, with 2 simple browser plugins. Assuming you're on a PC:
Ublock Origin Sponsor Block
If you're using chrome, you already fucked up.
Well, i wont watch ads. If it comes to it i'd rather have a program thats recording videos in real time so i can skip the ad segments later in my recording like in the good old vhs times.
Last time I saw a youtube ad was probably 2009. Or it might have been 2008.
Android: https://newpipe.net/
Smart TV: https://smarttubeapp.github.io/
Computer: https://ublockorigin.com/
The enshittification will continue until.. No man, it'll just continue.
My solution is to just close youtube. There's nothing on there I want to see that badly.
Mine is Firefox + adblockers.
I like watching SciShow and Crashing Out.
I just realised i haven't watched a single ad in like 2 years
Thanks ublock origin!
Like others, desktop I'm using Firefox with ublock origin. Android phone, Firefox with ublock origin. Android TV, SmartTube. Ad blockers have always outpaced Google in my experience though I use youtube maybe like twice a week and I don't randomly browse reccomendations. Just there for specific stuff
When you see the long ad, just close the fuckin' browser window. Immediately. And then use something else.
They'll only get the point and change if you stop giving them your eyeballs for shit you don't wanna see.
Youtube has ads? But seriously, this is hurting the honest user.
SmartTube is pretty good on AndroidTV: SponsorBlock, DeArrow, no ads, etc.
At least while we're still able to sideload... 😔
Ublock Origin, NewPipe, and Grayjay, haven't seen a YouTube ad in over a decade. 😌
Why are these companies wanting to pay to infuriate me? If I want to watch something and I’m suddenly interrupted by a 90 second unskippable intrusion I’m not going to have a positive relationship with your company.
I accidentally found myself outside my ad blocking bubble the other day and looking at youtube. It immediately pissed me off to have to put up with.
Sometimes I get an empty video player for 5-10s before the video starts, still better than looking at an ad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s not just the unskippable ads but also the type of ads as well. I’ve seen some wild ones like ads to make you hard in the bedroom, but it never actually shows the treatment. I’ve seen ads for how to make “homemade” makeup to look younger, the ingredients are baking soda and honey? But I think the wildest one I’ve seen is an ad for a robot puppy but in the ad, you can clearly see it is a real puppy, but they keep saying that it is a robotic AI powered puppy.
We who use Firefox are very fortunate right now since it still blocks all ads and I hope that will continue forever.
I used chromium to test YouTube without it, and its just completely unusable.
PeerTube hasn't any ads
Does it have any content?
Joking aside, I've found like 2 PeerTube channels to follow. People, give me your recommendations. And don't just list the channel name, be nice and write a few words about what its about.
For everyone using an Android based platform: Just install Smarttube. It don't show ads and has sponsorblock and dearrow integrated
I just restart the video ~5 times until it starts without ads. I figure even if it takes extra effort and time if I don't know what's being advertised then I win.
