• Psythik@lemmy.world
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      This. Firefox w/ Ublock Origin + SponsorBlock + DeArrow + Enhancer for YouTube on desktop, YouTube Morphe on Android, SmartTubeNext for the TV. I never have to watch a YT ad ever.

  • ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 hours ago

    Because you insist on using Chrome and can’t install Ublock Origin and Sponsorblock.

    The self-flagellation continues.

    • cannedtuna@lemmy.worldOP
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      Actually I use Waterfox with both, and ProTube on mobile, but sadly that doesn’t work on my shitty Roku TV

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    I’m on my brother’s YT premium.

    Realistically its going to be some a small handful of good videos followed by me navigating what seems like an endless ocean of slop, giving up to then stare at my phone and read Lemmy.

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      I don’t pay for YouTube, and every device in our home from PCs to TVs to our phones don’t have any YouTube ads on them.

      If you pay for YouTube, you’re a sucker.

  • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world
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    Xavier forgot to mention that they’re also for shit you will never buy, and go on and on about their product way too long, and you’ve already heard the pitch 362 times in the past week.

    Edit:

    The thing that’s so stupid about all this is that YT had the perfect solution like 16 years ago. For quite a while they had banner ads at the bottom of the videos that you could x out of. That’s how you have to do it on the Internet.

    People put up with legacy ads on TV in the 20th Century because that’s the only way it could be done. Trying to force people to go back to that is cheeky as hell.

    • BigDiction@lemmy.world
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      Banner doesn’t make what it used to on desktop and mobile. Even the hotness that was CTV ads on streaming TVs are starting to decline in performance.

      Worth noting creators still have a fair amount of control over their ad setups. They are jamming more ads to make the same amount of money they made 2 years ago with more placements.

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    17 hours ago

    Just be grateful that you don’t have to pay for the privilege of watching ads… yet.

    Cable TV, I’m looking at you!

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    You kinda have to be a psychopath to take a Laptop to the kitchen, unless you place it super far away from everything and always wash your hands before typing that keyboard will get super nasty. The kitchen is Tablet territory because you can just wipe it clean after.