How can people use #YouTube without or paying for it? (chaos.social)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by txt_file@chaos.social to c/ublockorigin@lemmy.ml

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How can people use #YouTube without @ublockorigin or paying for it?

I just tried to watch an assay via Tor Browser. 5 minutes 20 seconds into the video I had to view 2 pre video advertisements and 2 advertisements after 2 minutes 30 seconds and 2 advertisements after 5 minutes.

Now I do not want to watch YouTube anymore. I feel that I watched as many minutes/seconds advertisements as I watched wanted content.

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[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 1 points 3 months ago

@txt_file@chaos.social some would say there are ads in your video. I would say there is a video in your ads.

And not just Youtube, not using ad blockers often immediately turn the browsing experience overall miserable.

Those that don't use ad blockers, I wonder if they are an example of Plato's Cave allegory.

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