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YouTube insists that a 90-sec, unskippable ad format 'isn't something we are testing' — but furious users say 'they very much exist' (www.techradar.com)
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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 51 points 1 week ago

They are not testing it because they already implemented it.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Everytime I hear whining about youtube ads I'm reminded there are people who are still too dumb to use an adblocker.

[–] MolochHorridus@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Not everyone knows how to install add free YouTube-app to their smart tv.

That doesn’t make them dumb. Most of them don’t even know such things exist. Let alone know even where to start if they want to have it on their tv.

[–] Abrinoxus@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

True dont blame users on whats greeds fault

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Literally a 5 second google about "how do I get rid of ads on my smart TV" would present you half a dozen options.

I have little sympathy for people who never even try to seek any solution to their problems.

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Searching that turns up information about how my particular TV OS (WebOS) has no way of getting around Youtube ads. Not every smart TV runs Android.

And no, a pihole won't do it, either. I've tried.

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Tried a pi-hole here for Roku, ads stopped loading when I stopped running pi-hole

[–] MolochHorridus@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah right. Easy to say if you’re tech oriented. To most of my friends and family this is like foreign language.

“Use AdGuard for Android TV: Sideload the AdGuard app to block ads across apps and browsers.

Block Ads on YouTube (Android TV): Install third-party apps like SmartTube to watch YouTube without ads.

Block Domains at the Router: Use router settings to block ad domains like samsungads.com for Samsung or lgad.cjpowercast.com for LG.”

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Or they're using Brave's builtin ad blocker.

[–] Binturong@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Ah but they're not testing it, they've already impletmented it. Not technically a lie! Classic corpospeak.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

You pay premium to get 30s ads only

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

uBlock origin on desktop, otherwise just force-close the app and reopen it

[–] knotRyder@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

And they didn't to lie they're not testing they're implementing

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

I listen to podcasts while driving using Amazon music. They recently disabled the ability to fast forward over ads using the steering wheel buttons via Android Auto. You can only fast forward now through the full phone app. Someone is going to get in a car accident because of this.