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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)

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[-] trslim@pawb.social 35 points 8 months ago

I dont even mind ads when its like one minute for 20 minutes of footage. Pluto TV is free to use and has commercial breaks but they never really bother me because they aren't that annoying and i get a lot of MST3K before I watch them. Youtube ad are cancer in comparison.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago

Seriously, I wouldn't even bother futzing with adblockers on my Android TV if it was reasonable, but fucking 45 seconds of ads for every 5 minutes of content is just ridiculous. I almost wonder if it was all an experiment to see how much they could get away with...

[-] CrowAirbrush@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

They probably expiremented an answer to that question and came to find it was: "not enough". So now they become desperate to get out of the reds.

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