misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square226fedilinkarrow-up1859arrow-down19
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minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoIf only YouTube ads were as unobtrusive as PornHub’s… one five-second-skippable ad before each video is all I’ve ever seen
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoExcept the ads on porn sites are easier to block than YouTube’s intrusive garbage. A simple DNS filter should be enough for most porn ads, whereas YouTube requires more complex blocking techniques.
like on porn sites
If only YouTube ads were as unobtrusive as PornHub’s… one five-second-skippable ad before each video is all I’ve ever seen
Except the ads on porn sites are easier to block than YouTube’s intrusive garbage. A simple DNS filter should be enough for most porn ads, whereas YouTube requires more complex blocking techniques.
and some piracy sites too