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At least for YT there's a solution: YT Premium. Sure, as other comments have said, it doesn't scale to all websites, but youtube isn't just any website.

secondcoming 3y ago
Does YT Premium block the sponsored ad slots? Because if not, that's a pointless product.
- knorker 3y ago
  That's fair. Because also probably the people the advertisers want to reach MOST are exactly the people who have the spare money (and willingness to spend it) to shell out for YT Premium. But yeah I'd pay to get rid of all the "this video is sponsored by brilliant/nordVPN/whatever". Sigh.
  - Feuilles_Mortes 3y ago
    Check out SponsorBlock
- eropple 3y ago
  You mean embedded native stuff? No, but SponsorBlock does and I use both. YT Premium pays creators for YT views and the analytics don't appreciably differentiate whether you watched an ad or skipped it, so I'm pretty comfortable with the two. (The apps don't work with SponsorBlock and that does drag, but I mostly don't watch native-advertising videos on my TV so whatever.)
lofaszvanitt 3y ago
I'm not paying for anything until they remove the "this is the bubble we have prepared for you" recommendation algorithm. Plus I gladly watch ads, but not the same ads (do the companies pay triple if I watch the same ad from them I wonder) ever again.
- pbhjpbhj 3y ago
  Repitition reinforces the ads, just like in other 'learning', advertisers will always want us to retain their ads, I can't see the 'waterboard them with annoying ads' technique going away in any country that Capitalism manages to keep its talons embedded in.
  - lofaszvanitt 3y ago
    Yeah, but I will never put winter tires on my car, because it's useless where I live. So, maybe, the targeting was subpar. Also, repetition reinforces me to enable ublock again.
  - Double_a_92 3y ago
    The problem for me there is that those ads are usually complete garbage or outright scams. It's not for a real product that I could even buy.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  Check out the 'Unhook' browser extension.
- knorker 3y ago
  You can go directly to the subscriptions tab. Or hell, Youtube has an API; You can write your own frontend.
- cobbaut 3y ago
  > I'm not paying for anything until they remove the "this is the bubble we have prepared for you" recommendation algorithm. Indeed, and what bothers me most is that it is "one" bubble. I wish there was a selection of tags to choose what mood I am in. Sometimes I only want math and science suggestions, sometimes I want to watch 3Dprinting or FreeCAD video's and other times I just want to discover some music. But Youtube mixes these three different moods together (even though I never play music on Youtube in the morning, nor watch math video's in the late evening). Please Youtube, let me choose my current 'bubble'.
blibble 3y ago
this is only a short term solution as once enough people have YT premium they'll start adding ads in there too just like cable tv
- comprev 3y ago
  And more recently Netflix for their ad-supported lowest tier. Not sure if it has been rolled out yet though.

secondcoming 3y ago

Does YT Premium block the sponsored ad slots? Because if not, that's a pointless product.

knorker 3y ago
That's fair. Because also probably the people the advertisers want to reach MOST are exactly the people who have the spare money (and willingness to spend it) to shell out for YT Premium. But yeah I'd pay to get rid of all the "this video is sponsored by brilliant/nordVPN/whatever". Sigh.
- Feuilles_Mortes 3y ago
  Check out SponsorBlock
eropple 3y ago
You mean embedded native stuff? No, but SponsorBlock does and I use both. YT Premium pays creators for YT views and the analytics don't appreciably differentiate whether you watched an ad or skipped it, so I'm pretty comfortable with the two. (The apps don't work with SponsorBlock and that does drag, but I mostly don't watch native-advertising videos on my TV so whatever.)

lofaszvanitt 3y ago

I'm not paying for anything until they remove the "this is the bubble we have prepared for you" recommendation algorithm. Plus I gladly watch ads, but not the same ads (do the companies pay triple if I watch the same ad from them I wonder) ever again.

pbhjpbhj 3y ago
Repitition reinforces the ads, just like in other 'learning', advertisers will always want us to retain their ads, I can't see the 'waterboard them with annoying ads' technique going away in any country that Capitalism manages to keep its talons embedded in.
- lofaszvanitt 3y ago
  Yeah, but I will never put winter tires on my car, because it's useless where I live. So, maybe, the targeting was subpar. Also, repetition reinforces me to enable ublock again.
- Double_a_92 3y ago
  The problem for me there is that those ads are usually complete garbage or outright scams. It's not for a real product that I could even buy.
jacquesm 3y ago
Check out the 'Unhook' browser extension.
knorker 3y ago
You can go directly to the subscriptions tab. Or hell, Youtube has an API; You can write your own frontend.
cobbaut 3y ago
> I'm not paying for anything until they remove the "this is the bubble we have prepared for you" recommendation algorithm. Indeed, and what bothers me most is that it is "one" bubble. I wish there was a selection of tags to choose what mood I am in. Sometimes I only want math and science suggestions, sometimes I want to watch 3Dprinting or FreeCAD video's and other times I just want to discover some music. But Youtube mixes these three different moods together (even though I never play music on Youtube in the morning, nor watch math video's in the late evening). Please Youtube, let me choose my current 'bubble'.

blibble 3y ago

this is only a short term solution as once enough people have YT premium they'll start adding ads in there too just like cable tv

comprev 3y ago
And more recently Netflix for their ad-supported lowest tier. Not sure if it has been rolled out yet though.