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Take that YouTube (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by jennychick@sopuli.xyz to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] leave_it_blank@lemmy.world 113 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's funny. Before this crackdown none of my co-workers used adblockers. To install an add-on was too much hassle. They just watched the ads.

Now suddenly they became interested after hearing about them again, and almost all are running Firefox with ublock origin now.

YouTube should have just kept quiet, I don't believe they are better off now more than before.

[–] baascus@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If Twitch taught us anything, this is just the beginning.

[–] Vej@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What happened on twitch?

[–] Nythos@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Made it more difficult to block ads than YouTube’s pathetic attempt.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was really surprised (and annoyed) to see some ads on Twitch yesterday.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 years ago

Straight up the first ads I've seen in a long time were on twitch.

Then of course the first ad I see was for Narcan followed by an ad for Smirnoff.

God I fucking hate ads

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 2 years ago

Ads need to be clearly identifiable as such here.

[–] ComradeWeebelo@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Twitch embeds ads directly into the stream now. They're next to impossible to block now, though I've heard some people say it's still possible.

[–] TalkingCat@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Try ttv-lol-pro, it works for me.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I will have to try that. My way of blocking twitch ads is using my vpn. But it disconnects me from chat for a few seconds, when an ad should appear.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago

Great, let the Streisand effect bite Google in the bum.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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