moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoYouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexertowww.dexerto.comexternal-linkmessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up1772arrow-down19
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minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-219 hours agoWhen ads get in the way I simply don’t watch the videos. It’s not like anybody ever really needs to watch any particular video.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·16 hours agoEducational content is hard to come by outside of YouTube, so it would suck to have to avoid watching those videos because of ads. But I’ll do what I have to do in order to avoid ads for as long as possible. And I’ll archive important content in the meantime.
minus-squareCamelbeard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoI pay for nebula, they have a lot of educational content and the price is low enough that I don’t mind it
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoSounds good, but if I search “microwave repair” or “improve vo2max” , it comes up with zero results. That’s the sort of stuff we’d lose if creators don’t move away from YouTube. 😟
When ads get in the way I simply don’t watch the videos. It’s not like anybody ever really needs to watch any particular video.
Educational content is hard to come by outside of YouTube, so it would suck to have to avoid watching those videos because of ads.
But I’ll do what I have to do in order to avoid ads for as long as possible. And I’ll archive important content in the meantime.
I pay for nebula, they have a lot of educational content and the price is low enough that I don’t mind it
Sounds good, but if I search “microwave repair” or “improve vo2max” , it comes up with zero results.
That’s the sort of stuff we’d lose if creators don’t move away from YouTube. 😟