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Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement) (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] 140 points 2 years ago (26 children)

The YouTube owner explains that normal non-skippable in-stream ads are limited to just 15 seconds in length.

This is bullshit. I don't use an ad-blocker and often get a full minute of ad. And an extra minute if I happen to pause the stream for like 30 seconds and come back to it.

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  • [–] 95 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I consider the internet unusable without an ad blocker, ESPECIALLY youtube. I can't imagine life without it. It would be like camping without a tent, I guess I could get by but it can really suck depending on where you go.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Hey! Whoa! That's not fair at all!

    You can TOTALLY go camping without a tent. Just as long as you don't camp in a mosquitto heavy area.

    Just sleep outside.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Then you get wet from dew, investigated by various night creatures, etc. Mosquitoes aren't active at night, so that's not a concern at all.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Using the internet without an ad blocker is like fucking every sex worker in Vegas without a condom.

    Practice safe internet.

    This message has not been sponsored by Firefox or uBlock Origin or Privacy Badger or Decentral Eyes, but if they want to throw some money my way I would accept.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Same. I get the whole range. Usually it's short but occasionally it's an hour long.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    You've been here for two years and haven't installed a blocker yet? That's almost impressive

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I been on the internet since the 90s. I want to know what people are seeing. A commercial here or there keeps me in the loop about what is being pushed.

    1 hour unskippable ads tells me a lot about what is going on, unfortunately.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Why do you need to be in the loop on ads?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I want to know what's going on in the world.And that includes knowing what advertisers are pushing down our throats.Political ADS ads for products, things like that.How they're going about it.

    I care too much and it's beginning a problem in my personal life

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is bullshit. I don’t use an ad-blocker.

    You're right. It IS bullshit that you don't use an adblocker. It's kind of like saying "This is bullshit! I don't use oven mitts as I take hot metal trays out of the oven! Why am I the only one getting burned???"

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    You’re misunderstanding. They are calling out the claim of 15 seconds explicitly, they aren’t necessarily complaining about the ads.

    Don’t hand wave their statement by arguing against something they aren’t talking about.

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