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Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement) (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Arms races are rarely won by anyone.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    They are won by arms dealers.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    In this case though the arms dealers make the arms for free so I'm kind of okay with it

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

    And all of it could have been avoided if google just audited/policed the ads it served. No sane person minds watching a 5-10 second add every 10-20 minutes to support the platform.

    But rather than spend money expanding their ad department to audit and police the adds, they are spending gobs and gobs of money trying to force people to see view virus-delivering ads, racist ads, blatant misinformation, etc.

    No one wants to be forced to spend 30 minutes watching a pragerU video on how the black man should be grateful for slavery and all the "good" its brought him

    But that seems to be the world that google wants.

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

    This is a war that was fought by broadcast TV and the makers of videotapes, DVDs, and blu-rays. In every case the Corpos failed. So no, this arms race is and will be won by the ad blockers.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Except all of those formats are now obsolete, no major company is even making Blu-Ray players anymore, and people have moved on to others. So did they fail or did they just find a different method? I'd say the latter. How many people do you know with a working VCR at this point?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    no major company is even making Blu-Ray players anymore

    Uh, yes they are. What are you smoking? They even still make DVD's and straight DVD players. They even still make VCR's.

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