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That's an interesting idea, but if (say) an ad is supposed to last for 30 seconds, and you send it to the virtual window you've provided for it...I'm not sure YT would immediately start sending you the actual video (the one you're interested in) without waiting for the entire ad to play back (or at least been streamed in its entirety). So, the user is facing an empty screen while the ad is "playing" on the virtual/hidden window...?
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OriginalGriff wrote: Despite trying to serve me several dozen ads per page
Youtube right?
Far as I can tell I don't see any ads except for the 1/2 that sometimes appear before a video starts?
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uBlock shows how many ads it blocked on the current page: YT is showing 10 today, but I've seen 53 before.
I have nothing against ad supported models, but when you force that many ads on me, I'm not whitelisting you. And if you won't show me content without a greedy heap of crap being thrown at me, I'll bugger off elsewhere.
It's like those GDPR banners which forces you to visit each of their vendors and deselect them individually: I'm not doing that, I'm not there any more and I'm not coming back.
You get greedy and you lose visitors.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: uBlock shows how many ads it blocked on the current page
I suppose I just do not 'see' them because I do not look.
So just now when I looked at the youtube side bar (right) I can see a list of 'videos' and some of them look like ads.
But I almost never look at that. So I don't see them.
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I pay for YT premium... of course, I still have to deal with in video ads. That whole pay model for premium users never worked. So, people still pay and have to deal with content creators doing in-video ads. It's too much IMO.
Jeremy Falcon
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I have had YT Premium for several years. Sometimes I get on some form of device where I'm not logged in and no adblocker. YouTube becomes almost unwatchable. A self incentive to get out and do something physical in the world.
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Amen, brother.
Jeremy Falcon
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I am using add blocker and can't see any changes in last days... Wonder when it will hit me too...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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I have the best ad blocker for YT ever. It's called YouTube premium. And they never disable it.
Come on dude, they need to make money somehow and if you don't like how they do it, just use something else.
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Does no one use NoScript anymore?
YouTube has a difficult time blocking adblock if their anti-adblock script can't run.
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Youtube doesn't like something about my firefox settings, even if I disable my ad blocker.
Im just going to abandon youtube. It's not worth the effort to battle yt's large staff to get ad-free content. I'll have to spend a few bucks a month for a music service (which I needed to do anyway), but I won't miss youtube that much.
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Crownin’ fool, blowin’ air (5)
Mircea
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Tiara?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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DYLAN?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Glory ? Clown ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I’m sorry, but no.
Mircea
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Windy?
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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Nope. But you are getting warmer 
Mircea
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Gusty ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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You are getting closer
Mircea
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Fairy?
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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