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It's disturbing how even left-leaning YouTubers try to weave in ad plugs. (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by Magician@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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It's like I can feel myself detach from whatever topic I'm listening to as I expect it to be a lead up for Raid Shadow Legends.

It's like I'm gonna disengage from serious things because I'm just waiting to see how they are going to ask for money.

I get it's to keep engagement, but it's doing the opposite. I don't want you to slip between conversation into a commercial like that's not creepy as fuck. It's like the Truman show, but nobody's even watching you. I dunno, it's not fun out here.

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[–] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's primed me to the preambles and lead ins, and immediately turns me off whatever I was watching

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I feel like I'm being deceived. Just tell me you're going to give me an ad and ask me to watch it so it'll help your views/algorithm.

Don't make up a story or pivot from the original topic.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well anyways so there's this thing called Square Space...

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

walter-breakdown

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry. I had to do it.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago

It's really funny tho.

[–] bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Just tell me you're going to give me an ad and ask me to watch it so it'll help your views/algorithm.

The reason they don't do this is because it doesn't work. Nobody wants to watch an ad

I agree they could just no-effort it or something, I prefer the ones that are blunt, or a little surreal in a way that clearly tips off they don't want you to buy the schlock, but best is just not seeing them. Ultimately they've gotta make a living and that's the way youtubers do it, and having good metrics helps spread their message in addition to helping with sponsors, so idk. Just as much as they as a creator could simply not do embedded sponsorships or do them in a way you like, you could also just not watch content that does that, or use sponsorblock or smth. Either way its an individual solution

[–] TechnoUnionTypeBeat@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

Honestly these days I tend to skip the first 2 minutes of any YouTube video, especially if there's an obvious mark where users have been skipping to

These days it feels like the first minute is just a very brief summary of the video thesis and then an extended ad read bit, with the actual video starting 2 to 3 minutes in