YouTube as of late

Willow
Willow Posts: 11,046
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Tell me I'm not the only one who noticed a ton more adds on yt since the pandemic started.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    I'm not sure there is more but they have always had them and many of them on longer videos. I watch youtube very day and my son and I watch a ton of car related videos
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    A new thing I've seen in the last couple of days is an option to watch FOUR ads before watching a popular 20 minute car review video or having them interrupt during the video as normal. It's only for the ones with biggest audiences though. Other than that, the number of ads seems to be the same as before. Consider that twenty minutes of a cable TV channel's show would probably have double or triple the number of commercials that can't be skipped unless the show is on a DVR.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,116
    USE AN AD BLOCKER!!!!!!

    I haven't seen a video on YouTube in the last five years. My ad blocker has blocked 7 MILLION ads since I bought this new PC 3 years ago.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,917
    I haven't noticed anything -- maybe the videos I watch, maybe AdBlockPlus... I dunno.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,046
    I am usually on my phone. I'll see if android has a add blocker
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,797
    What sux about YT now is how they moved the "Comments" section all the way to the bottom of the page.
    Scroll down and accidentally hit a link for a different video and you're off to the race.

    ....you can learn a lot in the "Comments".
    Kind of like here. :)

    Oh and I've noticed more and more videos have NO Comments section. Not "Disabled" but NONE.
    Hmmmm.
    Sal Palooza
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  • displayname
    displayname Posts: 1,149
    I don't mind it. Ads are what fund free content. I don't think they've over done it, and every once in awhile I might actually see an ad for something I end up getting.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Willow wrote: »
    I am usually on my phone. I'll see if android has a add blocker

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Never looked at YouTube.
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    You Tube is pretty amazing. Can find almost anything there. Never noticed too many commercials but when I do it allows me to skip it after 5 seconds. Hey it's free and if ya don't like the free version they have a pay version too. Wonder if that's much better??
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