YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers

Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by Reubachi on Friday June 30, 2023 @12:39PM (#36538073)

In your summary, you described: -A service you pay for (traditional cable) has 30-40 percent of it's time -dedicated to charging you more. (time cost to watch the ads). -It has gotten worse both traditionally and on streaming media. -Your child, who is in no way associated with the payment structure, is forced to absorb malicious ads despite being too young to consent to the information being "forced". -(my observation) Media spot advertising does not work, is largely targeted incorectly.

We're PAYING for our kids to become desensitized to attention-vampiricity and we're unsure if it is ok to be upset? Yes!

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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by Loughla on Friday June 30, 2023 @08:13PM (#36544512)

So that's not what I was getting at. I was simply comparing the ad content from YouTube to traditional media. The original post claimed that it has too many ads, so I thought I'd do the math. I was surprised it turned out the way it did. Maybe that is just conditioning?

Your argument is a different thing. Valid as well, but completely different.

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