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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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[–] ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

SponsorBlock let's you skip a lot of product placement. Without uBlock Origin on desktop, Revanced on Android, and SmartTube on TV: I wouldn't be watching YouTube.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 hours ago

This plus Enhancer for YT are a must have for me. Can't stand the new UI and all the bs they lock down

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

And Unwatched for iOS.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I get what you're saying, and these programs are great and all, but the average viewer knows fuck all about these apps or probably how to use them. Most people are turnkey users and basically vanilla. Then there are viewers that are morally conscience who think adblock might be wrong. I'm just saying overall this could knock viewership down a few pegs.

[–] ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Absolutely. I truly feel bad for those who waste their finite lives being inundated by marketing and psychology professionals, whose only goal is hijacking the human conscience: instilling a boundless urge to consume. I do what I can to spread the information and tools necessary for others to escape indoctrination and never weep for the lost revenue of vampires. I also have faith the learned compliance to "drink a verification can" can be deprogrammed from my fellow man.