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[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 81 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I use an add blocker to such an extent im horrified every time I'm on an unfamiliar device and have to deal with copious adds.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 3 weeks ago

I can't even imagine raw-dogging the internet like that...

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I’m to the point that if whatever I’m watching/doing pops an ad at me, I reflexively make a snap judgement on whether I want to continue watching/doing whatever it is. Often the answer is ‘no’ and I’ll just bail entirely.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 50 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

I remember life without adblockers. Back when they were not needed, because web sited did not have ads.

[–] nastyyboi@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Those were one of the later plagues, too.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

did you use the internet in '92 or something? because even in mid to late 90s the ads were so cancerous that pop-up blocking eventually became a standard feature of browsers before ad blockers were even a thing.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

My first contact with the web (I had been in the internet for some time already) was when a collegue at university told me about the Arena browser, and this new system, "like Gopher, but with Hypertext and pictures". And yes, I've seen the CERN website, served from Tim Barners-Lee's NeXT cube, too.

So yes, I knew the web before there were ads, the internet when services were normally open to all sides, and when people on the internet that were actually much smarter than average.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Up to early 00' most webs didn't really have many ads. Some may have abusive advertisement but it wasn't everywhere like now.

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[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Seriously. Someone never clicked on the "you are an idiot" popup that auto-played music, moved around the screen, prevented task manager from opening and cloned itself if it was closed.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I, too, have a sore back when I awake.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ah yes, the less than three years before banner ads showed up, and exploded, everywhere

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[–] somenonewho@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I remember when I first noticed YouTube had ads. They've had them a while but before they got ads I had installed an ad blocker. So when I was setting up a new laptop and just testing if everything worked I loaded up a YouTube video and suddenly there was a pre roll playing and I wondered "What the fuck is this ... Ah yes still need to install an ad blocker"

Edit: Toni? Who the fuck is he? ;)

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[–] Sakychu@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Camara zooms out revealing a third guy looking down into his face youtube requiring a Webcam so they can track your eyes

[–] pemptago@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm convinced Mark Zuckerberg had a wet dream about pupil tracking when he bought Oculus.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

He saw that Black Mirror episode and found it to be aspirational.

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[–] dgmib@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

After going nuclear against ad blockers, at some point google is going to introduce a new “feature” where YouTube uses AI with your phone’s camera to automatically pause videos when you look away from your phone.

Then they’ll make it so you have to buy a subscription to turn it off during ads.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

writers of black mirror's 15 million merits laughing crying maniacally in the distance

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

Please open verification can

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[–] limitsomething@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I remembered a scene of a black mirror episode: if the person looked away the ads will stop until the person watch it again and it's unavoidable ... I wonder if this will be a reality one day

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Yes, the technology to do this is here, and they're just waiting for the consumer to be able to put up with it.

[–] emmy67@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This is why I just set up a media server at home.

It's mine, you can't pump it full of ads. All the media is mine and those companies can go fuck themselves.

Sail those seas folks

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[–] limitsomething@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reading your reply made me think ... it's possible that implying such technology might help rising Free & Open Source culture more ... given that FOSS apps are usually ad-free and with no tracking

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Honestly the best thing about FOSS is that money isn't driving all the decisions. Most open-source projects are built because the dev just wants to build something cool or useful, or they're trying to solve specific problems. Most individual devs don't really care if their user count goes up every quarter.
Personally I've been maintaining a chrome extension for about 10 years, and it's sat happily with about 7000 users that entire time. I built it because I wanted to use it, and I've declined several offers to buy the extension and monetize it.

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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

Please drink a verification can

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 22 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

On my Roku TV I can't block ads, when they play I mute the TV and look away. I am absolutely the level of autistic that I think I'm "winning" by doing this.

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

if you mute ads on Spotify they pause the ad.

[–] charje@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm so glad I'm not alone.

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[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So I have a conspiracy theory around that. Android used to put the volume slider at the top of the screen. At some point they moved it to the right side, and now blocks the skip button on YouTube. I won't doubt this was done on purpose, so if you lower the volume for an ad, you will be forced to watch more of it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

That is one nefarious dark pattern.

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[–] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Put a pi-hole in my rooter filtering all adds of all webs and apps was the best thing I ever did.

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That would be a point where I would just never use YouTube again.

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[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago

uBlock origin carries my browser ngl

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I have adblock on my Mac, but not on the PS5. Whenever I watch YouTube on my TV via PS5, I have to open and close videos sometimes 10 or 15 times before they just play the video I've clicked on and not some obnoxious 45 second long advert for some bullshit I don't want and won't use. Honestly not sure why YouTube finds it so hard to play the video I clicked on and not random other videos. I also tend to stop watching vids as soon as an ad break happens.

I work with a marketing department full time and they're exactly as annoying as expected, always pissing about on tiktok or Instagram creating shit that nobody could possibly feasibly care about.

Is there an alternative to YouTube on PS5 that doesn't have adverts? Or is there some way to get adblocking on there?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago

Easy fix: HDMI cable from the laptop to your TV to watch youtube.

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[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If I'm watching YouTube on my TV, I mute it when anything longer than a 5 second ad comes on. If what I'm watching is less than 10 minutes, I'll just back out and start in again, usually it will come up without the ad, then seek to where I left off. Although oftentimes lately, I'll be watching a 5 minute video, and I'll get 1 minute in and get hit with an unskippable 2 minute ad, I just quit YouTube for the day.

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[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

On Linux or Windows? Firefox + uBlock origin (there’s nothing better than that)

On Mac? Firefox + uBlock origin (worse alternative: Safari + AdGuard, since you might synch browser with iPhone)

On Android? Firefox + Privacy Badger + uBlock Origin

On iOS? Safari + AdGuard + Vinegar + Baking Soda

On SmartTV it’s different.

Hardest overall solution: Get yourself a Pi-Hole https://pi-hole.net/

For WebOS TVs use this: https://github.com/webosbrew/youtube-webos

Android TVs should get SmartTube: https://github.com/yuliskov/smarttube#smarttube-old-name-smarttubenext

RokuTVs got either this thing: https://channelstore.roku.com/en-ca/details/840aec36f51bfe6d96cf6db9055a372a/playlet or the open source alternative: https://github.com/iBicha/playlet

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, I someones forget how people live.
Disgusting.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Even better, make a list of the ads you see, and activelly avoid buying the products or services that they promote.

[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

If you click the ad does the company have to pay like a fraction of a cent or something for a click through? Like if I always click on the ads can I make them pay for having waisted my time if it’s only a little bit?

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

you'll enjoy a fun browser addon then! - adnauseum

it clicks on every. single. ad both doing what you're doing, but also poisoning the data Google has on you. From their website:

As the collected data gathered shows an omnivorous click-stream, user tracking, targeting and surveillance become futile

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[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Also, frantucally turning down the sound of my phone

[–] TheChemist@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I have been using UBlock and Firefox... I always get mad when I can't get UBlock for the YouTube app of my phone

[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know what everyone else is using, but Revanced works perfectly for me despite the exaggerated claims of its demise.

[–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've been using this one for years, which filters out ads and sponsor segments:

https://newpipe.net/

Only for Android though. If you use iOS, switch to Android and you'll also get a really Firefox browser with ublock origin that blocks all the ads compared to that 30something% what every iOS browser does.

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