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Today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are

I watched a Warframe (game) YouTube video on the Steam integrated browser, without beeing connected to my account and Holly s* it was horrible.

In a 14 minutes video, I got 5 ads. 1 (or more skippable once) at the beginning, 1 during the first half of the video, 2 during the second half, and 1 at the end.

All were skippable after 5 sec.

2 were close together at about 1 min interval during the second half of the video.

But that is not the only issue. 4 of those ads (not the last one at the end), were Israeli hate/war anti-hamas propaganda.

I consider these ads horrible and they should not be allowed in my opinion.

Yawnder ,

Thanks for being one of us and that you’re paying for the service. If more people were ads blocking, it would be even worse for the others.

TwilightVulpine ,

Not only the way they keep pushing more and more ads is becoming way too much, they don’t have any standards for what sort of ads they push. From blatant political propaganda to petty false advertising of apps. A reckoning is way overdue.

doctorcrimson ,

YouTube Ads: “You are a MAN with a GUN and you will MURDER EVERYONE if it means you can PROTECT your FAMILY”

I don’t even know, or care, wtf they are selling but they missed the target audience with that one. That’s the cringiest fetishism I’ve ever seen in my life.

AndyLikesCandy ,

Google must be scraping the bottom of the barrel of crazy that’s also stupid enough to pay for ads, I think it’s common knowledge now that Google games analytics to artificially inflate the appearance of ad impact.

doctorcrimson ,

Honestly, I don’t really think they could be any more impactful with ads than they actually are, though. Might have to side with them against the advertisers on that front. YouTube Sponsors should know by now exactly how effective Google is. If Google attempts to be even more pushy, like with the banner that disables video player, the only thing they get is massively reduced user engagement as people either log out or leave the site.

A much bigger issue is that Google has either Monopoly or strong Oligopoly on serving online ads, and they set their rates accordingly.

AndyLikesCandy ,

I don’t think they need to be pushy, just the quality of product decisions has been going down as time goes on. Monopoly a bigger issue for sure, If not for the massive decline in value to both users and advertisers, we wouldn’t mind the monopoly so much.

Edgarallenpwn ,
@Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social avatar

So many ads seems like Powerthrist turned down to 70% but lacking the irony.

JewGoblin ,

haven’t watched an ad in almost a decade lol

zanyllama52 ,
@zanyllama52@infosec.pub avatar

Seriously, how are people able to consume YouTube content as well as their ads? Piped + SponsorBlock + DeArrow and that’s a wrap, jack.

JewGoblin ,

I followed the GitHub link for Piped, care to explain what I’m looking at?

Yawnder ,

Or, you know, pay for what you use?

farhanfrezz ,

It’s impressive to see the resourcefulness in enhancing the YouTube experience! With tools like Piped, SponsorBlock, and DeArrow, it seems like you’ve found an effective way to skip ads and streamline content consumption. Great job finding what works for you! 🌟

JewGoblin ,

I just found a new app called Grayjay, it combines all the platforms, haven’t used it much, but it doesn’t have ads, or at least is not supposed to

AndyLikesCandy ,

This is the way forward

packersinthefarm ,

Grayjay is awesome. Found out about from Louis Rossmann, I think he’s involved in the project

vpklotar ,

I just downloaded it from the play store but can’t figure out how to add YouTube to it. I see I can add sources but it wants me to scan a QR-code. Do you happen to know how to add YouTube or at least where to find these add-ons?

asexualchangeling ,

There should be a tab at the bottom labeled sources

Also I didn’t realize it was on the play store

vpklotar ,

Thanks, it looks like the issue was that I was using the play store version which was more limited.

asexualchangeling ,

Of course it is, why am I not surprised…

I don’t even look for apps on the play store anymore, to many malware infested versions of open source apps (as evidenceed by Lois rossmans video talking about grayjay)

Pwnmode ,

I would get it from their website just in case. In the video where Louis announced it he talked about another app he promoted, FOSS stuff, that people download from the play store that had malware in it. So I went straight to futo for it. That and I figured Google would probably not like it.

vpklotar ,

Yhea, O just I’d that and it seems like the clear winner. Thanks for letting me know though. Was half asleep while watching the video last night.

atrielienz ,

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Do you want peace, or do you want problems always?

Candybar121 ,

This is why I avoid the steam in-game web browser like t͟h͟e͟ P͟L͟A͟G͟U͟E͟

jjjalljs ,

Well we learned from COVID that a lot of people don’t really avoid the plague much. Time to update the idiom I think.

Hadriscus ,

Avoid like… the doctor ? like the urgent warnings of the scientific community ?

BilboBargains ,

YouTube AIDS

ad_on_is ,
@ad_on_is@lemmy.world avatar

These ads make it impossible to use YT as a free learning platform anymore.

When I want to dig into a subject, I want to do it focused and without being distracted, and YT makes it impossible. The only content one can tolerate ads on is entertainment, which makes YT just another TikTok.

Zealousideal_Fox900 ,

Currently sharing piped.video with every single educator there is. There should NEVER FUCKING EVER be ads on educational videos. Youtube is run by POS’s and greedy shitfaces.

DigitalFrank ,

Well, it’s owned by Google…so…

0xD ,

Then pay for your learning ;)

FaeDrifter ,

Call me a dirty communist but I think education should be accessible to all regardless of socio-economic status.

A well educated population is better for Democracy, better for the human species and society.

SendMePhotos ,

I agree with you, dirty communist.

Welt ,

I am also a dirty communist named Bort

EuroNutellaMan ,
@EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world avatar

HI Bort welcoe to dirt-loving communists

0xD ,

I completely agree, but that’s what a government is for.

Ookami38 ,

Your original post definitely implied that it’s the individuals burden.

Ookami38 ,

Or that could be the number one thing that the government subsidizes, instead of how to kill more people. Learning should be the first thing that’s free after food, water, and shelter.

ad_on_is ,
@ad_on_is@lemmy.world avatar

Where I come from, education is free. So, nope!

0xD ,

YouTube is free as well ;)

Rogue_General ,

Time is money. Ain’t nobody got time for YT ads

0xD ,

That’s just called entitlement.

Rogue_General ,

I’m sorry, let me whip out the world’s tiniest violin for one of the world’s most powerful tech giants.

0xD ,

No, you’re just ignoring reality and circle jerking.

mastodon.social/

systemglitch ,

Just use unlock origin? It works for me.

foggenbooty ,

The reason your ads are of terrible quality is because it doesn’t know who you are. You’re not logged in and it doesn’t have any cookies to go off. If I open an incognito window at work and watch a YouTube video it is HORRIBLE. Get rich quick schemes, cheap Chinese scam products, etc. There are a tonne of employees behind this IP and it’s a blank slate browser, so they give untargeted ads.

Think of it this way: Tech companies want to know everything about you, why? Because it helps them sell you for targeted advertising. If Dove wants to show their shampoo commercial to women age 14-30 then Google will gladly offer that for a price. Untargeted ads are literally bottom of the barrel ads and can be considered the “junk mail” of advertising. That’s what you get when you use YouTube without an account. It’s honestly despicable what Google will allow to be sent out in this category and it’s clear they don’t do any human reviews before approving the ads for distribution.

Gabu ,

BS, even while logged in, when I don’t adblock, the ads are actual trash, literal scams.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Ads are the reason I stopped listening to regular FM radio. I used to live in a more rural town and it was at least half an hour to get to any city I would have to go to for more than basic groceries. Once when I was coming back somewhere that takes a whole hour drive to get home, I heard nothing but commercials the entire drive. Not one fucking song (aside from ad jingles) for a whole fucking hour. Ridiculous.

I switched to Sirius. And it was great… Until they got bought/merged with XM. Now they have a monopoly on satellite radio, they immediately cut features and jacked up prices. They also started playing ads. So I cancelled that.

I’ve been using Spotify Premium ever since. It started off pretty great; they’ve recently been cutting back features and jacking up the price tho. So I may end up cancelling Spotify, too, if shit keeps trending downhill. Especially if they put ads in the premium service I pay for specifically to not have ads.

Sir_Kevin ,

I’ve been adding music to my mp3 collection since Napster got started. It feels old fashioned now but I have yet to see a reason to use an alternative method. I actually have a lifetime subscription to SiriusXM. So I pay nothing, and I still don’t listen to that shit.

Nima ,
@Nima@lemmy.world avatar

same. I just use foobar and a bluetooth radio adapter. easy as pie.

Sir_Kevin , (edited )

Fuck yeah Foobar is the shit!

Zealousideal_Fox900 ,

I use Vimusic F-Droid edition and it is fucking awesome.

Cethin ,

Hearing new music is why I like Spotify. Sure, there are ways to find new music without streaming, but it takes actual effort, where Spotify can just make it happen.

nodrod ,

Idk I pay for Spotify family premium and it’s only gone up $1 since their launch in 2011… I think that’s pretty good. Now if it becomes and annual thing then fuck’em.

JewGoblin ,

damn, Spotify was $1?

Hamartiogonic ,
@Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz avatar

Remember the time when people used to have a stack of CDs in the car? Some cars even had a a fancy player that could hold multiple discs.

JewGoblin ,

poor people still do, at least older poor people

TwilightVulpine ,

Older poorer people. Younger poorer people stuff a bunch of songs in an USB stick.

JewGoblin ,

I just emptied out an apartment of an old lady and she had sleeves of DVD’s and newer DVDS too

hardcoreufo ,

Yeah I wish I still had a cd player or an aux jack. At least I can load up mp3s on a flash drive.

Hamartiogonic ,
@Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz avatar

At least those flash drives can easily store your entire library these days. You only need one, and it doesn’t even have to be an expensive one.

hardcoreufo ,

I do have a little 1TB drive I got for 50 bucks on sale. It works great. The car software not so much. It picks up right where I left off in a song when I turned the car off but when the track finishes it skips to the first song of the next album then begins to play normally. Never had that issue with a CD player.

whofearsthenight ,

What features has Spotify cut? I’ve had premium for like 5 years and I think I’ve seen a dollar raise in price.

JineteDeAbuelas47 ,

If you ever give up on spotify, ViMusic is an FOSS app on F-Droid that is compatible with androod auto (you have to enable developer options first for 3rd party apps but it is fairly easy and quick to do)

pedz ,

For me it was TV. I stopped watching TV when I became aware of the amount of ads for cars. There’s at least one ad for a car in every “commercial break”. So I just stopped about 15 years ago.

I filled the entertainment gap with internet and lately I’ve been using YouTube a lot. However it’s also becoming annoying with the sponsors inside the videos as well. I was not using SponsorBlock before but I installed it a few days ago.

If I’m ever forced to watch the awful ads on YouTube, I’ll quit too. My life is just gonna be better for it.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Hi! We’re Liberty Mutual! All of our ads are weird and quirky, which is funny! Quirky equals funny, right? You’re laughing, aren’t you? This one has an emu! An emu is funny, isn’t it? Liberty Mutual!

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Liberty Bibbidy

BeatTakeshi ,
@BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world avatar

Reminds me the first time watching a movie on TV in the UK in year 2000. 4 long ass commercial breaks and… News in the middle.

mayo ,
@mayo@lemmy.world avatar

Don’t see mention of Invidious in here so may as well share.

Like piped - front end for youtube. No ads.

docs.invidious.io/instances/

ovay ,

hey is there anyway to watch 1080p videos? using yewtu.be

Fades ,

You can do that with yt.whateveritworks.org which is an Invidious instance

AlwaysNowNeverNotMe ,
@AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social avatar

Chumba casino ads are the so dystopian and bleak it's like I'm listening to an ad in a GTA game.

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