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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable (blog.google)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 64 points 6 months ago (7 children)

If they just made the ads unintrusive people wouldn't bother installing adblockers. But sure make the ads longer and see what happens.

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

    Also changed how ads are served so they wouldn't be a known security issue. Intrusive or not I will block all of them until security improves.

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

    I have said it before, and I'll say it again.

    As an IT guy I consider an adblocker an essential part of my computer security suite.

    I will not reconsider until there are laws in place forcing website owners to take legal and financial responsibility for any damage sustained to my computer when visiting their site, and loading their ads.

    IF the laws are changed like that, I would reconsider getting rid of my adblocker, ai still wouldn't but I would reconsider the issue.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Exactly, people used to love ads. They would sit down and watch hour long compilation videos of the funniest and weirdest ones. People would get hyped for shit like Old Spice and Skittles and never skip it. Even the Superbowl was less entertaining than the ads it had and that was a mainstream opinion.

    It's the exact same as the boomers who keep crowing "Why doesn't anyone wanna work?!" but now it's "Why doesn't anyone want ads?!" lmao

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Most people still would.

    I personally wouldn't, that's why I use Adblock Plus. But there's a reason everyone started hating on ABP when it started allowing non-intrusive ads by default. Most people do not want to see ads at all, no matter what.

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