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Ehh the problem with this is that I don't block YT ads (I watch on a tablet), but I am still constantly bombarded (and I mean that) with full-page click-through

by sbarre 3y ago

Ehh the problem with this is that I don't block YT ads (I watch on a tablet), but I am still constantly bombarded (and I mean that) with full-page click-through ads, banners and in-feed blocks trying to get me to buy Premium. YouTube, I'm watching your pre-roll and mid-roll ads like you want me to, so leave me the fuck alone with this premium shit, I'm not interested. So it's not an "either-or" scenario.. If you are using the ad-supported experience, they still disrupt it (many times a session for me) with UI-interfering elements to try to convert you. And that sucks.

namlem 3y ago
You can still block ads on a tablet if you use Firefox (Android only) or Brave.
- Alifatisk 3y ago
  That’s a big IF
  - littlestymaar 3y ago
    Nobody prevents you from doing so…
    - Alifatisk 3y ago
      What? Buying an Android tablet only to gain the ability to block ads?
      - littlestymaar 3y ago
        Yup, nobody's stopping you, except yourself.
        Alifatisk 3y ago
        You are literally correct, but spending money on a whole new device just for this single feature doesn’t feel sound. Especially when under a budget. So while you are correct, such investment would be irresponsible (in my case). In other words, responsibility is what’s stopping me.
- debian3 3y ago
  I use vinegar on Iphone and it blocks youtube ads in safari.
streakfix 3y ago
They're advertising their own product on their own platform. What's wrong with that?
- sbarre 3y ago
  I never said that them advertising their product was the problem. Please read more carefully. If they advertised it with regular in-video ads like the rest of the ads, sure no problem, I am used to sitting through those and I accept ads as part of a good free viewing experience.. But they constantly interfere with the standard UI layout and experience to push these repetitive intrusive ads on me, that I have closed probably hundreds of times. They should know by now that I am not going to sign up for it, so why continue to degrade the experience for me, when I am watching their ads as a free user? They don't do this on the website so don't tell me "that's part of the trade" because it's only in the app they do this so aggressively and repeatedly.

by sbarre 3y ago

namlem 3y ago

You can still block ads on a tablet if you use Firefox (Android only) or Brave.

Alifatisk 3y ago
That’s a big IF
- littlestymaar 3y ago
  Nobody prevents you from doing so…
  - Alifatisk 3y ago
    What? Buying an Android tablet only to gain the ability to block ads?
    - littlestymaar 3y ago
      Yup, nobody's stopping you, except yourself.
      - Alifatisk 3y ago
        You are literally correct, but spending money on a whole new device just for this single feature doesn’t feel sound. Especially when under a budget. So while you are correct, such investment would be irresponsible (in my case). In other words, responsibility is what’s stopping me.
debian3 3y ago
I use vinegar on Iphone and it blocks youtube ads in safari.

streakfix 3y ago

They're advertising their own product on their own platform. What's wrong with that?

sbarre 3y ago
I never said that them advertising their product was the problem. Please read more carefully. If they advertised it with regular in-video ads like the rest of the ads, sure no problem, I am used to sitting through those and I accept ads as part of a good free viewing experience.. But they constantly interfere with the standard UI layout and experience to push these repetitive intrusive ads on me, that I have closed probably hundreds of times. They should know by now that I am not going to sign up for it, so why continue to degrade the experience for me, when I am watching their ads as a free user? They don't do this on the website so don't tell me "that's part of the trade" because it's only in the app they do this so aggressively and repeatedly.