wow just wow while i can't say i didn't see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone
I’m honestly amazed they let us use adblockers for that long.
YouTube these days is insufferable, its why I don't bother with it too much anymore. Two pre-roll ads, then two ads after about two minutes, then two more before the end and then two more at the end. And the problem is that you can't skip through a video without getting ads. So lets say you watch 30 second and then skip, well bam, two new ads even though you only watched 30 seconds. Its so goddamn annoying and they need to lessen the amount.
I wouldnt use youtube without newpipe/ adblock either. When i am at somebody elses place, i am just baffled by the amount of trash google tries to ram down your eyes. And the more ads they serve, the more people will be done with it and either get premium or look for options to get rid of it.
Even though it seems like more and more website now lock out adblock-users, i am confident that eventually there will be a "next-gen" of adblocks, that in turn circuvent these lock outs
Soon, people will join the strange and buggy world of YouTube alternative frontends
Must say I'm glad they're doing this. Helps me stay off the platform and be more productive after the 3 videos, and requires me to plan which 3 videos I want to watch. If all addictive platforms had these self-moderating features, I'd definitely use them.
Does this affect viewing youtube videos through external players, like mpv?
Holy cow, is the real? On YouTube desktop? Or just on mobile?
Curious to hear how you think YouTube should cover its costs if it's not allowed to show you ads and not allowed to charge you for usage.
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