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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by reaperducer on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @02:57PM (#23480721)
Is the number or intrusiveness of YouTube ads dependent on the device you use, or the amount of YouTube you watch?

I don't watch much YouTube. Before the pandemic, maybe 60 minutes a week. (Now zero.) I saw maybe one 15 second commercial each week, which didn't seem so horrible that I'd need to block it.

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Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain by icebraining on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @04:08PM (#23481477)
It depends on multiple factors, including the type of videos you're watching, your country, etc. If you only get one ad for each hour of viewing, you're definitively lucky.

15 seconds ads are the non-skippable ones. The skippable may be 5 minutes long or more - that's fine when you can actually skip them, but it's a pain when you have your hands busy.

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