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YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, the irony.

[–] Nyfure@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

ublock works perfectly, anything else shouldnt be used

[–] sparemonkey@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The screenshot is from an iPhone, on which uBlock isn't an available option.

[–] Nyfure@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Choose the walled garden, live in the walled garden.

[–] avater@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

delete the stupid app and use youtube on safari with adblock. works like a charm.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They’re talking about the Android authority website

[–] avater@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

are they? I think they talk about the screenshots on that page showing the youtube app on iphone.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

It’s a screenshot of the Android authority website. It was what popped up immediately when I clicked on the link.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

useless Google, we said iOS smh