I just tried to look up a specific video of a Nick Swardson stand up bit. All I searched was “Nick Swardson loitering”. There were 5 fucking ads before an actual user posted video, then one real human posted video that barely had anything to do with Nick, then 5 more fucking ads.

I knew they were forcing ads into videos but clogging the entire search feed with ads is unfuckingbelievable.

Is this really what it’s come to? Ads are more important than what I’m actually looking for? Are people really okay with this?

  • BlackLaZoR@fedia.io
    01·
    3 months ago

    Are people really okay with this?

    No, thats why they use adblock. Either install adblock or just use Brave or Opera browser. Ads will be gone forever

    • mke@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      Keep in mind that Opera is a shady company. Please avoid their products if you’re able and willing.

      You should not use anything from Opera. The company is chasing trends, and its most successful ventures in recent history have been ripping off poor people in developing countries and marketing to gamers with a meme social media account. The company’s failed experiments have been abandoned without directly informing users, leaving them at increased risk of security problems.