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Re:YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views by tdeck on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:05AM (#36530714)
YouTube brought this on themselves by ratcheting up the ads like crazy. Back in the day I preferred YT because they were one of the only video sites that didn't have preroll ads. YouTube used to basically have adsense ads and little banners below the video for years. Unobtrusive and I didn't mind them at all.

Then they added postroll ads. Then preroll ads. Then midroll ads. With these ads I find YouTube unusable for any period of time.

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Re:YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views by xeyownt on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:41AM (#36530941)
yes, recently YT is just becoming extremely sh!tty.
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Re:YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views by Corrado on Friday June 30, 2023 @03:13AM (#36531553)
Ok, I thought it was just me. For the past several weeks I've noticed a marked uptick in ADs on YouTube. Just last night I was watching a short (~5min) video on how to clay bar your car and there were almost more ADs than content. I even completed the survey before the video thinking that would buy me some time. Nope!
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