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YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads (www.theverge.com)
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[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

like on porn sites

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 5 hours ago

If only YouTube ads were as unobtrusive as PornHub's.. one five-second-skippable ad before each video is all I've ever seen

[–] Iloveyurianime@ani.social 1 points 4 hours ago

and some piracy sites too

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago

Except the ads on porn sites are easier to block than YouTube's intrusive garbage. A simple DNS filter should be enough for most porn ads, whereas YouTube requires more complex blocking techniques.