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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

And yet just before looking at Lemmy I got an ad for the Dell AI laptop on YouTube (on my TV, still need to get a piHole up and running).

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Just stop using the TV like that. Hook up a small Linux computer via hdmi and use that instead.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I have an older MacBook with standard hdmi, but there are some creators I really like on YouTube and we have an ancient Roku stick that still works. The remote is convenient and I usually go pee during the ads.

[–] TerraRoot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Jesus, is that how long youtube ads are these days?

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but the decent thing is that they show you how long before you can skip. So you know how long you have.

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