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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by probably_wrong on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:29PM (#32859849)
I'm sure there are ads you've seen on YouTube, they just look slightly different to what you have in mind.

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Now, back to our comment. YouTube is full of ads, the only difference being who gets the money from them. Is one of the reasons why some people here don't want to pay for it - you get less ads, but not ad-free.

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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by strken on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:42PM (#32859982)
You can (sort of) block those ads too.

https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock

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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by watashiato on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:45PM (#32860023)
The answer to this is sponsorblock, which has reached a state where it takes mere minutes, sometimes seconds, for someone to mark the relevant segments in a new video. And it's not just sponsor reads, you can let it skip intros, unrelated tangents, etc.
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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by lokedhs on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:48AM (#32862554)
The best feature of sponsorblock is the "skip to highlight" feature, which skips to the part of the video you actually want to see.
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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by smeagull on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:50PM (#32860061)
The moment they mention a sponsor I hit right arrow.
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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by smegsicle on Thursday September 15, 2022 @08:50PM (#32860562)
i like how electroboom has a screen effect while he's doing the sponsor, so you can see where to skip

very classy, more channels should do this

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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by shantara on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:46AM (#32863318)
Marcus House shows a progress bar at the bottom of the screen during sponsored segments, so you always know when to stop skipping.

I'm a big fan of this approach.

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