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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by meindnoch on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:40AM (#35899869)
Spaced repetition ;) It works, and they know it.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by lofaszvanitt on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:57AM (#35899999)
It doesn't work for me, It just makes me hate the platform even more.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by culturestate on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:46AM (#35900342)
The ad I most frequently get on YouTube - we’re talking three times per video, every other video - is for a shingles vaccine targeted at adults over 60.

No amount of spaced repetition is going to make me, an adult decades under the age of 60, talk to my doctor about that shingles vaccine. This cannot possibly be a truly cost-efficient ad platform.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by retSava on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:34AM (#35900713)
You are just a little bit extra resistant, but no worries, there are decades to beat you down, chip by chip.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by mortehu on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:00AM (#35900448)
Thank you for spreading the word about our shingles vaccine. It's nice to see the ad is working.
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