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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months

www.pcgamer.com

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Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months

www.pcgamer.com

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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If you've ever wondered why YouTube goes so hard on ads when they make the experience so miserable, well, there's your answer.
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  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    what ads? taps ublock and firefox android

    • KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      I can’t cope with the shitty translate on Firefox mobile, I live in a non English country and it’s driving me insane

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        Why not just switch it to English? I’m from non English country as well, most my apps are in English

        • KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          Because most websites are not English and every single time I want to translate a site, I have to use a drop down list to select English as the language to translate to.

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            Why don’t you use the TWP extension? It includes even a DeepL option besides Google Translate and Yandex.

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            Well over 50% of the sites on the internet are English so it is the most prominent language on the net.

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        I use the Firefox extension Immersive Translate exactly for this reason. Hasn’t failed me yet.

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    deleted by creator

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    EDIT: Not reading any of the replies, so enjoy your circle jerk.

    Use the Brave browser and you won’t get any ads. Glorious.

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      EDIT: Not reading any of the replies, so enjoy your circle jerk.

      That’s what I do as well when mozillatards begin questioning my browser choice, thinking they’re much better person than I am. Hope they enjoy their dying browser.

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    Firefox + Ublock Origin

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    Youtube has ads? Since when.

    • Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      What rock have you been hiding under?

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    What youtube ads, I haven’t seen one in years, fortunately.

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      I have to see them at school all the time, because our teacher’s teachers don’t bother installing adblockers.

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        teacher’s

        Now I’m doubly disappointed in your teachers.

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          Woopsie! That’s what 7 years of Dutch grammar does to you.

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            Mine is capitalising everything because of German.

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              At least German is consistent, unlike English where every so-called “rule” nearly has more exceptions than places it applies. As a native speaker I’m always amazed that anyone manages to learn our train wreck of a language.

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                Dutch is way worse than English regarding inconsistencies it’s not even funny.

                Sadly Dutch is adapting to make some thing “proper” Dutch which where never proper Dutch and sound wrong to every native Dutch speaker. Like “groter als jij” instead of “groter dan jij”.

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    Tbh YT premium is well worth the asking price though I wish it subsidized the free experience as that’s much more important for the platform.

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      There are tools that let you do what YT Premium provides for free unless you’re hooked on the music.

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        Sadly I haven’t found a tool that works on smart TVs, so I just pay for it

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          https://github.com/yuliskov/smarttube

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            Sadly I have Roku TVs

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              Yeah, if anybody figures out a solution for Roku… please tell me. I’m set everywhere except one Roku stick in my basement, hooked up to my projector. The best place to watch movies in the house, the only place with ads.

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        I am hooked on the music.

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          There are tools for the music side as well

          RVX Music works quite well for me on Android

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            Honestly, the service is worth it for me. I need the easiest process possible for my luddite wife and kindergartener’s Amazon fire tablet. I put my mom on the account too.

            But for everything else, yarrrrr.

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      Only on Lemmy you get downvoted for saying you pay for a service you like…

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