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This is great just to get standard video controls. I mostly don't mind YouTube ads, except for two things: 1) they allow ads significantly longer than the ad b
by Khaine 5y ago
This is great just to get standard video controls. I mostly don't mind YouTube ads, except for two things:
1) they allow ads significantly longer than the ad break, forcing you to interact to skip the ad (i.e. all those stupid music videos as ads), and;
2) Text ad pop over the video content. Their entire business is showing us videos we want to watch, and they cover it with a text ad overlay. Its like they want to go out of business.
I also don't like that ads are spliced in at inopportune times, breaking the flow of many videos.
- BuyMyBitcoins 5y agoI really get the sense YouTube’s business model isn’t getting users to watch videos, it is to get users to watch something else at all times. I created several custom filters to disable the litany of suggestions that pop up at every opportunity. There’s this constant onslaught of suggestions. An icon in the top right of the player during playback, a modal that appears when you hit pause showing other videos, the sidebar full of clickbait, and other incessant recommendations. I don’t know how the average user puts up with it.