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Today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are (jlai.lu)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I watched a Warframe (game) YouTube video on the Steam integrated browser, without beeing connected to my account and Holly s* it was horrible.

In a 14 minutes video, I got 5 ads. 1 (or more skippable once) at the beginning, 1 during the first half of the video, 2 during the second half, and 1 at the end.

All were skippable after 5 sec.

2 were close together at about 1 min interval during the second half of the video.

But that is not the only issue. 4 of those ads (not the last one at the end), were Israeli hate/war anti-hamas propaganda.

I consider these ads horrible and they should not be allowed in my opinion.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've been adding music to my mp3 collection since Napster got started. It feels old fashioned now but I have yet to see a reason to use an alternative method. I actually have a lifetime subscription to SiriusXM. So I pay nothing, and I still don't listen to that shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Hearing new music is why I like Spotify. Sure, there are ways to find new music without streaming, but it takes actual effort, where Spotify can just make it happen.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

same. I just use foobar and a bluetooth radio adapter. easy as pie.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fuck yeah Foobar is the shit!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I use Vimusic F-Droid edition and it is fucking awesome.