spudmunkey
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That's how they getcha.
Youtube has become almost unwatchable with too many advertisements interupting content
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Neon_Knight_
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Wish I had a Universe to prioritise!
odibrom
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aesthyrian
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Install the ublock origin extension, it's the best adblocker by far. If you're on mobile, use firefox and install ublock origin and watch youtube through firefox, not the youtube app.
Also, most videos you only need to close and and reopen the video 3 times to "bypass" the ad.
Of course, none of this deals with the common issue that every fucking youtube "content creator" is just shilling the same bullshit and shoving these desperate and lame adverts into the middle of their videos.
Also, most videos you only need to close and and reopen the video 3 times to "bypass" the ad.
Of course, none of this deals with the common issue that every fucking youtube "content creator" is just shilling the same bullshit and shoving these desperate and lame adverts into the middle of their videos.
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Do the YouTube creators even get to decide if ads play in the middle? Or is that just Google squeezing every dollar they can out of everything?
Hollowway
Extended Ranger
Lots of good suggestions in this thread. I’m doing a number of these, because the ads are irritating me, too. I skip those beginning ones like it’s my job, so I honestly don’t even know what ads they are, because I’m not paying attention. And that muscular guy that keeps telling me it’s ok to eat pizza isn’t getting a dime out of me just on principle. Too much spamming isn’t good for your brand either, fit-guy!
I like that the adblockers are the anti-hero in this. Honestly, I’d rather pay for a good adblocker than give google even more income.
I like that the adblockers are the anti-hero in this. Honestly, I’d rather pay for a good adblocker than give google even more income.
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Especially now that their search engine is basically just a shopping tool that tries to sell you stuff that isn't even that close to what you're searching for.
Also, GOOGLE, if I search for "ftps" and I put it in quotes, GOOGLE, that probably means, GOOGLE, that I am SPECIFICALLY SEARCHING for FTPS and NOT FTP.
Google gets worse for programmers every day.
crushingpetal
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Yeah, fuck that fit guy.
Hollowway
Extended Ranger
Yeah, that quotes thing bugs me, too. I could swear it used to be very regimented about searching only what’s in quotes, and now it’s “ish” about it. But I don’t want ish. It I wanted ish I wouldn’t have used the fucking quotes.
aesthyrian
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I'm talking about the incessant "this video is brought to you by RAID SHADOW LEGENDS..." crap. I know that's a dated reference but it's the most common one I can think of. Other examples are blue chew, manscape, athletic greens.. all that bullshit that any podcaster or youtuber can get a "sponsorship" from. You can't ad block that shit, unfortunately.
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Sponsorblock does it.
aesthyrian
Well-Known Member
oh sweet I'll look into that
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Subscription bad.
odibrom
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... yes, but to be fair, youtube is made of "air" and guitars aren't...
... and many if not most get their gear USED...
... and many if not most do consider the added value Youtube brings against their available time to spend with it.
The thing is, youtube is getting payed either way, either you get things for free and eat the adds, or you get adds free subscrition without adds (but since you don't control the algorithm, until when are you getting adds free?).
Brave club here.
Neon_Knight_
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Sorry, but you can't directly compare the cost of a subscription with the purchase of physical objects that have resale value.
If I sold all my gear tomorrow (10x electric, 1x acoustic, 2x amp, various pedals, cables, leather straps etc.) I would comfortably make a profit on what I paid. Obviously I didn't buy my gear as an investment, but resale value provides a safety net in case I hit hard times. If I end a monthly subscription, I stop spending money on it, but everything spent to date is lost forever.
The monthly fee might not seem like much, but it's money down the drain considering I don't actually need to pay that subscription to access the same "education and entertainment" for free without ads.
EDIT:
The monthly subscription fee extrapolated over a 50-year period equates to more than I've spent on guitar gear to date. Realistically, I won't be significantly upsizing my gear collection during my lifetime (churn of purchases/sales at minimal net spend is far more likely) and when I die there will be ££££s of equipment for my relatives to use / sell...assuming I don't cash in on some of my collection beforehand then to help fund my retirement. Hopefully you can see how paying a monthly YouTube (or equivalent) subscription is not value for money in the same way.
Hollowway
Extended Ranger
Calm down, mom, we’re allowed to discuss what we want to spend money on.
jaxadam
Well-Known Member
Hey man I play an RG570 through a Spider II and I pay Comcast/Xfinity like $280 a month to watch the Tennis Channel and Cops is standard definition!
TedEH
Cromulent
Three pages in, and nobody's jumped on this one. I was under the impression that the model didn't work very well. There are a lot of actors in play with values that are at odds. Obviously everyone wants to make money, and that has to come from somewhere. I find ads as annoying as the next person, but at the same time, that's how everyone is paying the bills. That's the cost of "free" content. I'd be all for the idea that content creators could opt out of ads, or at least the more aggressive placement of ads, assuming they can support themselves with sponsorships or their own shops or whatever - but then Google has no incentive to provide them a platform.
And sure, you can use ad-blockers or whatever else, all the power to you - but I wouldn't be shocked to find out that for every step users take in pushing back against ads, the ad implementation has to get that much more aggressive to compensate.
