Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYouTube's ad problem just got worse: Users now seeing 90-second unskippable ads!www.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square160linkfedilinkarrow-up1624arrow-down114
arrow-up1610arrow-down1external-linkYouTube's ad problem just got worse: Users now seeing 90-second unskippable ads!www.androidauthority.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square160linkfedilink
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up85arrow-down1·2 months agoYoutube: “GOD PEOPLE KEEP SKIPPING ADS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THIS LOSS OF REVENUE?!” Viewers: “Maybe have standards for length and content and moderate the platform to prevent malicious actors?” Youtube: “I KNOW, I’LL JUST MAKE FORCED ADS LONGER AND MORE OBNOXIOUS!” Viewers: “JUST MODERATE YOUR FUCKING PLATFORM, YOU HAVE THE MONEY AND RESOURCES TO FUCKING DO IT” Youtube: “Users are just so selfish and entitled, trying to skip ads…” Viewers: " Fuck it installs ublock origin
minus-squareSoulphite@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoAlso Youtube: DONT INSTALL UBLOCK ORIGIN OR WE’LL REMOVE YOUTUBE SHORTS!!! Viewers:
minus-squarenieceandtows@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWait what? I have had ubo installed forever. Why is my shorts still there?!
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWait, they’re willing to reward us for using UBO?
Youtube: “GOD PEOPLE KEEP SKIPPING ADS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THIS LOSS OF REVENUE?!”
Viewers: “Maybe have standards for length and content and moderate the platform to prevent malicious actors?”
Youtube: “I KNOW, I’LL JUST MAKE FORCED ADS LONGER AND MORE OBNOXIOUS!”
Viewers: “JUST MODERATE YOUR FUCKING PLATFORM, YOU HAVE THE MONEY AND RESOURCES TO FUCKING DO IT”
Youtube: “Users are just so selfish and entitled, trying to skip ads…”
Viewers: " Fuck it installs ublock origin
Also Youtube: DONT INSTALL UBLOCK ORIGIN OR WE’LL REMOVE YOUTUBE SHORTS!!!
Viewers:
Wait what? I have had ubo installed forever. Why is my shorts still there?!
Wait, they’re willing to reward us for using UBO?