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[–] Mewio@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

I wouldn't mind ads if,

  1. They didn't repeat the same 3 ads every few minutes on high ad videos (No It, I will not take it >:c)
  2. Moderated and removed obvious scam ads
  3. Remove ads that are disgusting or clearly inappropriate (I have seen some stuff that could be categorized as porn in YouTube ads and no I do not allow them to feed me ads based on my interests)
  4. If ads were still not being actively used to spread malware/viruses (not sure if this happens on YouTube at all but I would rather be safe then sorry)

[EDIT] Removed a redundant word

[–] loops@beehaw.org 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The largest issue for me is that I've never watched an ad and thought "I need that". It's just a huge waste of time that I find disrespectful and distasteful.

That being said I haven't watched and ad in years. A bit less then a decade now, actually.

[–] nhgeek@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

Advertising clearly does work on the whole or who would companies spend so much gold on it? Advertising shits in your head. It subtly influences consumers and advertisers have become quite sophisticated about it. There is a glut of advertising space available now so we see awful and ineffective ads but be assured a lot of the bigger players know what they are doing. This is why I block all ads. Well for that reason plus they are annoying as hell.

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