YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don’t turn off your ad-blocker::YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to “suboptimal viewing.”

  • Blue and Orange@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    That’s the funny thing about this threat. It implies that using YouTube the regular way is “optimal” viewing. It’s fucking shit without adblock.

    • NightOwl@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Even without ads it’s shit without sponsorblock for me. Not even for the sponsor spots, but the absolutely annoying copy paste of please like, subscribe, hit the notification icon, blah blah blah blah blah.

    • rob299@bookwormstory.social
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      1 year ago

      It’s optimal to them. You just don’t understand Youtube’s perspective of it yet. And then it’s unoptimal for them when you watch with the adblocker.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      How to quit YT in a week?

      1. disable adblocking
      2. Suffer watching ads
      3. Get bored, because you no longer feel like watching adTube
      4. Switch to something else