Ah yes, because what I want when I tell my computer to stop playing audio and video is for YouTube to play some audio and video of some random thing I didn’t ask for at like 3x the volume of the video I just paused. Thanks google. Such an innovative company!
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Didn't you hear? There was strong traction in the tests. They know what's best for you. Shhhh
Traction = how many views and clicks ads got. Such a useful traction for users
The clicks are all “oh god oh god make it stop” clicks but no matter to them.
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Yeah, and I definitely never pause a video because I want to look more closely at the frame I paused it at. Obviously, covering it over with something different is exactly what I was hoping for!
Jump scare advertising.
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I assume those don't have any sound but it's still annoying af. Sometimes I just pause to see something. Hopefully adblocks will be able to handle this.
It wouldn't be that bad if it played muted. Then again I haven't watched ads in a long time
If it takes over the video it would be. I pause YT videos all the time to read something that didn't stay on screen long enough.
Yup. Same here. Anyway, Tubular is a nice app.
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Their strategy to combat ad blockers is to add more ads. Logic becomes irrelevant when youre surrounded with a cloud of greed. Ublock ftw.
Just imagine what a website like YT would look like in 2035 without any ad blockers.
Why even show content? It's the ads that people are actually here for! Can you imagine the audacity of people, wanting a little creative content amongst our cloud of vapid, capitalistic hawking.
Idiocracy had it right https://contraditorium.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IDIOCRACY-TV.png
probably like other social media today. you don't see anything you actually want to see at all, just ads, sponsored videos and stuff you didn't search for that autoplays amd takes up the screen no matter what tab you are using
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Omg I pause videos so I can see a frame better. It's* bad enough that they throw content up on the screen when pause.
Pausing is me showing intent interest, not me saying "I want to watch something else" smh
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I'm getting strong traction to finally get around installing pihole.
I haven't seen youtube ads in years. uBlock and sponsorblock extension in Firefox on my laptop. Newpipe with sponsorblock on my phone.
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You should, but it specifically doesn’t work for YouTube. PiHole works by blocking DNS requests to known ad servers. But YouTube hosts their own ads on the same servers that host the videos. So if your pihole blocks the ads, it also blocks the videos you’re trying to watch.
Doesn't work for YouTube adverts 😭
Ublock and Sponsorblock on PC and ReVanced with Sponsorblock on Android
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Let me guess -- in addition to the existing midrolls.
I wish nothing but financial ruin and misery on Google.
They managed to go from the most popular and well liked company in the world, to a company that everyone despises, all within the span of a decade.
Hrm, Sundar Pichai took over as CEO 9 years ago. Weird coincidence.
That dude is a racist, fascist, power-hungry, psychopath.
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Ladies and gentleman, this is why competition is desperately needed. It's only going to continue downhill from here...
Allowing anyone to upload video and then serving it to anyone in the world, at no cost, is not a viable business model. There's no competition because there's no money to be made here.
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Competition is useless, better to have federated networks and do videos for profit and find other ways to pay for content to support content creators if they need support. Block ads everywhere, work in those fields is better than calling for competition and creating competitor that will win over google and become new google.
There will be adblocker to block this also don't worry.
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I just got one of these the other day. I picked up an Nvidia Shield because I was tired of my shitty Samsung TV not being able to stream Plex correctly and Google is the only data devil I've made a deal with. I hadn't watched much YouTube on it I guess until last night and I couldn't believe how many ads I saw.
Holy. Shit. YouTube has ads in the middle of fucking videos now? And then I paused and saw another ad and about lost my shit. Immediately looked up how to adblock on Android TV. Jesus it's invasive.
Hey, Alphabet!
Want to know how to make a lot more money while being seen as the good guy at the same time?
Lower the price of youtube premium by at least 30%
You will still earn way more money from a premium user than a free user, while not being a dick.
150sek/month is too much, get to down to 100sek/month and I'll gladly pay.
You'll get a shittonne more paying customers at the same time.
Gonna be honest, there's no price I'd be willing to pay for YouTube Premium.
I used to pay for YouTube Red. I didn't cancel it because it was too expensive, I cancelled it in retaliation for all the other shitty things YouTube has been doing. If YouTube wants me to return as a paying member, they need to reinstate the ability for small accounts to monetise their YouTube accounts; they need to stop demonetising/restricting educational content that might be related to war, weapons, sex, or sexuality; and they need to change their copyright policy to make it much, much harder to abuse false claims.
Or maybe just have a usable UI
YouTube's pricing is a mess. Here's a quick breakdown of their offer here in France :
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YouTube Premium (so video + music): 12€/m
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YouTube Music Premium (music only, obviously): 10€/m
One would assume based on this that Google values YouTube at only 2€/m per user. But anyway, let's take a look at their family plans for a laugh:
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YouTube Premium (6 users): 18€/m
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YouTube Music Premium (6 users still): 15€/m
Let's put aside the price discrepancy. 18/6 = 3€/m per user. All signs point to Google being ok with making between 2 and 3€ per user per month, yet such an offer doesn't exist. Hell, make it 4€, even. People would flock to it. But no, they're just being greedy.
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Honest question here: what would stop me from starting a video, then pausing it and walking away from my computer for several hours so youtube plays ads to no one?
Now repeat but with several tabs.
And bonus points if the videos simply happen to be mine and I were to enable monetization on them.
Hmmm....
Strong traction on the tires that will run over the heads of Youtube HQ people maybe. But other than that i dont see any traction.
They can put as much ads as they wan't they will be blocked, and there always will be a way to block them.
Pornhub called, they want credit for the idea
I hope this doesn't become one of youtube's "experiments" that quickly become forced on you
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A reminder to close the app that also reminds you how much you hate Google.
UBlock origin advanced mode blocking most JS + NoScript blocking functions of certain JS functions. Easy
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