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YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 50 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was watching a long video on chromecast today and I had ads every three minutes or so. That's a two hours video. The amount of ads is disgusting.

YouTube is unwatchable without an ad blocker.

[–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 22 points 7 months ago

My kid would watch his videos with ads and I offered to set him up with an alternative with no ads. He said no, I like the ads. I said ok then. That was two years ago. Last week he was losing his shit because of all the ads that made it unwatchable. I set him up with the ad free alternative and I get thanked every day for it.

Youtube is tanking their own platform.