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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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[–] 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

SponsorBlock let's you skip a lot of product placement. Without uBlock Origin on desktop, Revanced on Android, and SmartTube on TV: I wouldn't be watching YouTube.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I get what you're saying, and these programs are great and all, but the average viewer knows fuck all about these apps or probably how to use them. Most people are turnkey users and basically vanilla. Then there are viewers that are morally conscience who think adblock might be wrong. I'm just saying overall this could knock viewership down a few pegs.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Absolutely. I truly feel bad for those who waste their finite lives being inundated by marketing and psychology professionals, whose only goal is hijacking the human conscience: instilling a boundless urge to consume. I do what I can to spread the information and tools necessary for others to escape indoctrination and never weep for the lost revenue of vampires. I also have faith that the learned compliance to "drink a verification can" can be deprogrammed from my fellow man.

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