Grr ads

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:56 pm

Just watched a 1:15 minute clip on Reuters about the Hong Kong rioting.

To watch those 75 seconds I had to sit through four 30 seconds ads that couldn't be skipped.
I watched more ads than I did news.

I get ads and revenue, but holy sh*t. I'll be visiting them less.

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:12 pm

+1

I still can't figure out why someone hasn't created a chrome extension or something that would allow you to skip the ad. What kills me is when it's the same ad over and over.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:05 am

Brave is a newish browser that does that, or at least did in their beta version.

Works fine, is all I'll use to listen to youtube audio.

leekie · Post by **leekie** » Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:59 am

And the ads on YouTube are killing me.
There has always been a lot of it, so since the summer, it has become even more.
By default, for all videos with a duration of eight minutes or more, the commercial break is automatically played exactly in the middle of the video, and therefore I will have to watch it one way or another because it is impossible to cancel its demonstration for the first few seconds.
I understand that people make money from this, but sometimes it really pisses me off.