After yet another crackdown on ad-blockers, YouTube users are noticing videos that load slowly and direct them to a support page about turning off ad-blocking extensions.
  • Toneswirly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 minutes ago

    meh, its still not inconvenient enough to pay 10+ dollars a month. The state of adverts online is so egregious that I would probably sooner stop watching Youtube than pay or put up with ads.

  • Uruanna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    4 hours ago

    Don’t care, still better than the ads.

    I’ll sit for 2 minutes in front of a black screen and it’ll still be better than 45 seconds of ads.

  • oyo@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    4 hours ago

    They will never be happy with how much money they squeeze out of it. When people are watching videos that are 99% ads and the content is limited to two alternating pixels they will still find a way to further optimize their profit-taking. Nothing is ever good enough for the hyper-capitalist; product managers are a disease.

  • Nugscree@lemmy.world
    English
    15·
    5 hours ago

    Not only that but the bit-rate as of late seems horrendous, 1080 looks more like 720 or lower with artifacts all over the place.

    • Synapse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 hours ago

      Yes, some video have a 1080p Premium high nitrate quality option that you need to pay for. It’s just the standard quality, but the free 1080p is now shitty.

      It’s very sad there isn’t anything that can even remotely compare to YouTube at this time. All the content is there, can’t get it elsewhere. At least with Firefox, ublock and SponsorBlock, it’s bearable.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      Oh, did you not pay for YouTube Extra Premium Plus for the enhanced bit rate?

      Bloody peasant…

      • Grostleton@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        And really you’re just paying extra for the original 1080 bitrate. What a fucking scam, like I’d pay for that crap.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    7 hours ago

    That’s great! I spend too much time on yt, it’ll break me of my addiction and I’ll do something else besides passive consumption.

    • Susurrus@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      9 hours ago

      If you press on the “learn more” button, it brings you to a page that ends with “try disabling extensions, such as adblockers”.

  • M0oP0o@mander.xyzEnglish
    52·
    15 hours ago

    Oh no! You are going to make your platform work like ass? And you expect us to do mental gymnastics in such a way that instead of blaming you (you know the one that has control over the platform) we blame uBlock? The same uBlock that has made using your platform bearable for many years, to the point that I will sit in silence with the screen off instead of watch with ads?

    I think even if you make us wait a min before playing the video most would take that over an ad.

      • fodor@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        9 hours ago

        That’s what they’re banking on, but we know that eventually they will f*** it up and lose everyone.

        • FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.frEnglish
          35·
          8 hours ago

          Unless we have some serious alternatives, that won’t happen anytime soon

          Video hosting is really expensive. Every service running for free will eventually enshitify and turn out similar, because there’s no such thing as free massive servers

          • Rin@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            5 hours ago

            It is… they’ve out spent the competition. Now that no one else is around, they’re trying to make all the money they can. Luckily, it won’t be long before some other alternative will pop up anyway.

  • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    12 hours ago

    Ads on youtube are getting even more stupid. Does anyone get those ads about “procastinations” and “ADHD”? It starts off with some songs like “Procastination isnt your fault…” and some dolls dancing? So annoying

  • mostNONheinous@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    17 hours ago

    Stop feeding me dog shit AI videos about a condom delivery boy who has to deliver some to a hotel only to find his girlfriend cheating on him and maybe I’ll stop blocking ads you fuck sticks

  • Frenchfryenjoyer (she/her)@lemmings.worldEnglish
    15·
    17 hours ago

    YouTube was lagging to play vids the other day now i wonder if it was A B testing. screw off YouTube. 10 ads for a 20 minute video isn’t normal and never will be. also the ads pause if you aren’t watching them. wtf? as always I expect uBlock Origin to get around this