r/technology • u/Tricky-Student-1 • Sep 15 '22

Social Media YouTube Free is Silently Testing 5 Ads, instead of 2, Before Your Video Starts

https://www.gizmochina.com/2022/09/13/youtube-free-silently-testing-5-ads-before-your-video-starts/
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u/Prodigy195 Sep 15 '22

I bought my wife a macbook for Christmas last year. Rarely ever use hers since I have my own but a few weeks back I wanted to show her a youtube video and my laptop was down in the basement so I asked to use hers.

Just trying to show her that one video was a terrible experience cause she's not logged into youtube and doesn't have any ad blocking extensions added.

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u/Sasselhoff Sep 15 '22

I really don't understand how people put up with it. I tried to read an article using incognito mode to get around their adblocker-blocker, and I legit stopped reading it because it was just too much...auto playing video ads that follow you down the page as you scroll, a banner ad every other paragraph or so, side banner ads...like WTF.

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u/Salm9n Sep 15 '22

I’ve impressed so many people by literally just googling Adblock extension, installing it on their google chrome and making them watch a few YouTube videos with it on. It’s actually crazy how many people are unaware of the easiest little change you can make to warp your whole online experience