• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    2 days ago

    and then they wonder why the general public works so hard to get around ads. I had no problem when it was a short 5ish second ad at the beginning. Servers and video hosting are expensive, I get it.

    Now? Now it’s pure unadulterated greed. We passed the “keep the lights on” moment a long time ago, this is just a cash cow for them.

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      Also, the ads on Youtube are just so so so fucking terrible. Like ally streaming services have ads, and they are the same old TV style ads, little 20-30 second bits of nonsense trying to be memorable about a profuct.

      Meanwhile, Youtube is trying to push these weird scammy sales pitches prrtending to be ads, often like 10+ minutes long unless you skip them when the timer hits. Its terrible.

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        God I hate that, if you lost the remote and can’t click skip yet. Don’t worry! They’re going to suddenly give you multiple minutes of slop ads while you search for it! Up to 10 minutes I’ve seen!

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      2 days ago

      The Quest for More Money™ always means that deal you made for paying for no ads is only valid until that graph needs to go up even higher.

      Theyre darth Vader, but there is no praying they dont alter the deal any further - it will be altered, its just a matter of when.