I just tried to look up a specific video of a Nick Swardson stand up bit. All I searched was “Nick Swardson loitering”. There were 5 fucking ads before an actual user posted video, then one real human posted video that barely had anything to do with Nick, then 5 more fucking ads.

I knew they were forcing ads into videos but clogging the entire search feed with ads is unfuckingbelievable.

Is this really what it’s come to? Ads are more important than what I’m actually looking for? Are people really okay with this?

  • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub
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    10 months ago

    All these comments about adblockers - you’re truly naive if you think those are going to last in any capacity.

    Chrome/Edge are already going to be neutering the majority of the functionality with manifest v3.

    Firefox is already starting to see some commercialization/enshitification with this new exec. Adblocker days are numbered. Soon they’ll be streaming the ads in-line with the videos everywhere and you’ll need to have a special hacked up rig just to content filter and be forced to sit in silence for X minutes.

    Just because the problem is at your neighbors house, doesn’t mean it won’t come to yours.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Ah what a very helpful and hopeful look into the future that totally doesn’t ignore the present.

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    Everyone say to use an AdBlock. And while for now they work it’s a lose battle.

    Youtube ads vs adblockers does not have the happy ending of adblockers just always prevailing.

    As now embedded serverside ads are a pain to deal with. I don’t know if any adblock currently can surpass those.

    But next step will be youtube just putting a fence up and not letting you watch content unless you are registered, and thus banning any suspicious activity, or even just becoming a paid service.

    The only win here is moving to a open platform like Peertube. That’s the only future we can ensure. Adblocks won’t be able to always win.

    • UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      As now embedded serverside ads are a pain to deal with. I don’t know if any adblock currently can surpass those.

      But next step will be youtube just putting a fence up and not letting you watch content unless you are registered, and thus banning any suspicious activity, or even just becoming a paid service

      Honestly, I have not seen youtube ads in ages. Every now and then, when I have taken sufficient leave of my senses after having imbibed, I may attempt to view something on youtube using a device without an ad blocker, and then I am quickly and sharply reminded of what a dumpster fire that is. But on PC - no sir or madam, no ads at all, thank you very much.

      Personally, I think the much bigger problem of sites like youtube and tiktok are the unforgivably horrible “recommendations”. You search for something innocent or even just open the website, and you are recommended random closetted or open fascism, misogynie, racism, or other garbage.

  • don@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Real homies don’t let homies view YouTube without proper adblockers turned on

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      yes, but their results are trash now. shows you 5 results, then 10 or things you’ve probably already seen completely unrelated to the search, then random “trending” garbage.

    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      This is not ad-blocking related. The search results on YouTube are literal trash and there’s nothing we can do about it.

  • jimrob4@midwest.social
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    10 months ago

    I caved and subscribed during the 2020 elections. Got tired of seeing two old dipshits yell at each other in ads. Actually enjoyed it enough to keep paying $12 a month.

  • bigFab@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    The tipping point for me to definitely use adblock was 2022 and the ads when forwarding in videos. It’s absolutely nonsense.

  • Art35ian@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I never thought I’d say it, but I don’t even use YouTube anymore. I might go there once a month to watch a tute, but only if I absolutely can’t find help from any other website.

    • yboutros@infosec.pubEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Don’t tell him, if too many people get ad blockers they’re just going to keep evolving

      • miridius@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Is that really how it works? I feel like the whole ad based economy is a sham anyway, I wouldn’t mind if it collapsed and we funded websites through micropayments or gift economy

        • avattar@lemmy.sdf.org
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          10 months ago

          Would it be so bad if we want back to how it was before? Just people making their own sites about things they cared about? For fun or the love of the subject matter?

    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      9 times out of 10 the ads have zero effect on my ability to search for things.

      I’m not saying searches haven’t gotten worse but until this specific thing or Google’s ai search it’s been easy to ignore if you know what you’re doing.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        10 months ago

        Ads aren’t the only thing to worry about. You’re leaving yourself dangerously exposed to malware for literally no reason.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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        10 months ago

        I remember being that guy.
        It never gets better, ads only ever get worse. If you are successfully ignoring ads then they aren’t doing their job, and they will keep trying different ways to get your attention until you get sick of this shit and get an ad blocker.

        You have found a specific thing that would improve, save yourself the hassle and get ublock now to fix this for you as well as a dozen other little things you are “living with” that will be much better when they’re gone.

          • miridius@lemmy.world
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            10 months ago

            Firstly it hasn’t actually happened yet, I guess you fell for the misleading windowscentral headline. Secondly it’s not really kneecapped, but required them to rewrite, which the uBO author decided not to do (as a statement I guess). Other ad blockers however have made new MV3 compatible versions that are comparable to the MV2 ones, so it’s clearly possible. Also don’t forget there are other chromium browsers besides chrome, if you use Brave you don’t even need to install an ad blocker because it’s built in.

            • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              10 months ago

              I’m not going to get into the technical details of manifest v2 and v3, as I think it’s beside the point.

              I think we can agree that given Google has announced the end of v2, recommending uBlock Origin on Chrome right now would be pretty mad, right?

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I’ve got a friend who thinks his YouTube Red subscription helps his subs make a living… So yes, this is what people like my retarded friend are bringing all of us.

    I’m sorry… I really am.

  • Brotherly@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    If on a computer, install ublockorigin.

    If on android, get revanced.

    Enjoy not seeing ads at all.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      PC user with AdBlock for YouTube on both Edge and Firefox. Game. Changed.

      LOL, I was a little stunned going to YouTube when I moved to Firefox. “What is all this crap!?” thankfully they had the same extension.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I take it you haven’t been paying attention. The term that has been it coined is called “enshitification” and the Google is running at the head of the pack in their race to the sewer.

  • jecxjo@midwest.socialEnglish
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    10 months ago

    What I’m amazed about is that ads even work at all. Especially when they are white noise. I’ve never once clicked on an ad to go see more about the content because I’m here to watch a video.

    • LostXOR@fedia.io
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, I’ve got to imagine as you cram more ads into a platform the effectiveness of the ads drops dramatically. Especially once users start leaving from being overwhelmed by ads.

  • QuentinQuiver@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Try invidious or other platforms entirely lol. Newpipe on phones. Also block ads in browsers and on networks as much as possible