So this started coming up today. On every video. I can (so far) click the “x” and remove it to watch (still see 2 ads before the video, and one after 4 minutes - ruins music on YT), but did click the “Report issue” only for the dialogue box not to work.

I found a link to a that said 11% use adblock. Thats not a lot.Maaayyyybe there is a problem with the amount of ads youtube forces down our throats for even short videos. 🤷‍♂️

  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    We’ve had the capability to pick and choose what we want to download from a website since the first web browsers. Why are ads any different? It’s the same as if I decide to strip out all HTML frame and table tags just for shits and giggles. Would you call that piracy?

    It’s my device, and I decide what to accept from the website. If they want to block me completely, they can do that too. But they don’t. Not yet.

    I also have no stomach for downloading 10 megabytes worth of ads and trackers for a website where the actual content is like, 300 kilobytes. THAT is complete bullshit.