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Time is only part of the problem. A significant part as the irritation is automatically visible with no conscious thought, but not the only one. The other key

Time is only part of the problem. A significant part as the irritation is automatically visible with no conscious thought, but not the only one. The other key problem is the stalking & tracking of activity and linking it to other personal data. If adverts were not as intimately linked with this as they are, I'd be far less inclined to block ads. I don't block sponsor segments with the tools that are easily available to do that – they can't stalk the way other types of ads do. I skip them, just as I used to fast-forward adverts on VHS or go make a drink during ads on TV, when after a few seconds it is obvious I've heard that one before (often many times) or it is otherwise irrelevant to me, but I don't outright block them.

PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
For me it's much simpler than that. I don't want to be advertised to and I have no moral obligation to give you my time. It's like walking into a grocery store and someone wants to give you a sample of some sausage or cheese or whatnot. I can continue to partake of that store while refusing to partake of the advertisement. Those options are to stop making it publicly available, but they won't do that because that threatens their dominance. ad blockers is the cost of doing business using that model.
- acdha 3y ago
  The grocery store does that because you pay for your groceries. If you tried to make your diet 100% free samples, they’d ask you to leave and never come back. YouTube has an option to pay for your usage, too, and you’ll never see an ad if you use it.
  - I_Am_Nous 3y ago
    >YouTube has an option to pay for your usage, too, and you’ll never see an ad if you use it. Not exactly true anymore, because ad revenue direct from Youtube sucks, creators were forced to start taking sponsorship deals and advertise directly in the videos. Raid Shadow Legends being the meme sponsor points to how prevalent this practice is now.
    - acdha 3y ago
      Those ads aren’t from YouTube but also consider whether creators like doing that or are doing so because people aren’t willing to pay them directly or watch ads. YouTube premium pays better than ads according to most sources so the easiest way to not have sponsorship ads is to pay the artists rather than complaining when they get their rent money from someone who does.
      - PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
        That's not even close to true, most subscription services still advertise on top of it.
        acdha 3y ago
        That is true here, but also it’s a free market. If you don’t like it, stop supporting those businesses and help someone whose practices match your values. The amount of sophistry people will expend to say that they have no choice but to keep watching YouTube is absurd.
        PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
        Some people think dancing is immoral, yet I shall continue to dance. I don't really care what you think about my behavior, I'm going to continue consuming youtube ad-free and I'll do so with no other justification than because I can and I can because they give it away for free.
      - I_Am_Nous 3y ago
        "Sure creators, we'll give you more ad revenue just as soon as people start paying us!" My individual contributions, Premium or not, are tiny in the grand scheme of things. Similar to me buying an EV and feeling better about myself "solving climate change", giving Google money so they will feed that poor, starving content creator an extra morsel of revenue misses the mark entirely. Google is asking creators to rely on them to get their bills paid. Google doesn't pay them enough so they have to get revenue some other way. This is also similar to Walmart not paying workers enough but spinning it as a good thing because then they can qualify for food stamps.

PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago

For me it's much simpler than that. I don't want to be advertised to and I have no moral obligation to give you my time. It's like walking into a grocery store and someone wants to give you a sample of some sausage or cheese or whatnot. I can continue to partake of that store while refusing to partake of the advertisement. Those options are to stop making it publicly available, but they won't do that because that threatens their dominance. ad blockers is the cost of doing business using that model.

acdha 3y ago
The grocery store does that because you pay for your groceries. If you tried to make your diet 100% free samples, they’d ask you to leave and never come back. YouTube has an option to pay for your usage, too, and you’ll never see an ad if you use it.
- I_Am_Nous 3y ago
  >YouTube has an option to pay for your usage, too, and you’ll never see an ad if you use it. Not exactly true anymore, because ad revenue direct from Youtube sucks, creators were forced to start taking sponsorship deals and advertise directly in the videos. Raid Shadow Legends being the meme sponsor points to how prevalent this practice is now.
  - acdha 3y ago
    Those ads aren’t from YouTube but also consider whether creators like doing that or are doing so because people aren’t willing to pay them directly or watch ads. YouTube premium pays better than ads according to most sources so the easiest way to not have sponsorship ads is to pay the artists rather than complaining when they get their rent money from someone who does.
    - PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
      That's not even close to true, most subscription services still advertise on top of it.
      - acdha 3y ago
        That is true here, but also it’s a free market. If you don’t like it, stop supporting those businesses and help someone whose practices match your values. The amount of sophistry people will expend to say that they have no choice but to keep watching YouTube is absurd.
        PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
        Some people think dancing is immoral, yet I shall continue to dance. I don't really care what you think about my behavior, I'm going to continue consuming youtube ad-free and I'll do so with no other justification than because I can and I can because they give it away for free.
    - I_Am_Nous 3y ago
      "Sure creators, we'll give you more ad revenue just as soon as people start paying us!" My individual contributions, Premium or not, are tiny in the grand scheme of things. Similar to me buying an EV and feeling better about myself "solving climate change", giving Google money so they will feed that poor, starving content creator an extra morsel of revenue misses the mark entirely. Google is asking creators to rely on them to get their bills paid. Google doesn't pay them enough so they have to get revenue some other way. This is also similar to Walmart not paying workers enough but spinning it as a good thing because then they can qualify for food stamps.