• SymphonicResonance@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I actually didn’t care when there was an ad in the beginning of the video or what not. It was when I had to start watching multiple ads in the middle of a 10 minute video as well. Like come on, not even broadcast TV is that annoying.

    • TheHarpyEagle@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Shorts are such a stupidly blatant way to start showing more ads than content, and they make navigating channels impossible. Hell you can’t even get away from ads in search results with premium.

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        1 year ago

        Noaw I understand why so many people hate shorts! I never use the official app or browser to watch, so I don’t see the advertisements.

    • Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Same here. I was listening to a beautiful violin piece being played by a soloist and an ad interrupted it. I would be fine with watching the ad before. I immediately went and watched it elsewhere.

      Later, I came back to YouTube for something unrelated and had a message/popup that said ‘tired of being interrupted? Upgrade to premium here!’

      They know exactly what they are doing, trying to make it unbearable to use anything other than premium. They can get fucked.