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Somebody in the past argued that ad blocking is theft, and while i disagreed, i could see the point being made. However, lately youtube has been serving me so

by znpy 3y ago

Somebody in the past argued that ad blocking is theft, and while i disagreed, i could see the point being made. However, lately youtube has been serving me so many ads so often that i don't think anyone could honestly make that point anymore. I get so much advertising that i kinda miss TV. It's that bad. So far i've setup my own invidious instance at home because ads in youtube are really unbearable. And from the advertiser point of view... that is really theft: i get served the same ad for the same product like 12 times in a row in the same video. And it's not even sold in my country. Youtube is literally stealing money from their advertising customers, and yet the issue is ad-blocking.

buggeryorkshire 3y ago
> And from the advertiser point of view... that is really theft: i get served the same ad for the same product like 12 times in a row in the same video. And it's not even sold in my country. Youtube is literally stealing money from their advertising customers, and yet the issue is ad-blocking. That's a really good point. I subscribe to YTP (costs £20 per month for 6 of us, bargain) so not an issue for me however those advertisers must be querying the value of this?