Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures
by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday June 21, 2025 @11:11AM
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What does "disable shorts" even mean?
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presumably "not being shown or suggested Shorts"?
Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures
by Brian_K_White on Saturday June 21, 2025 @01:49PM
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Yes. If I'm paying money, why can't I have what I want instead of what they want to shove at me? I thought paying for it made it nice? It's not like it would be either a technical or ui challenge.
Answer is paying does not make it nice. Paying does one thing, which is significant, but the experience ovarall still sucks, including even that one thing, ads, because you still get ads.
I think the gp meant YouTube Shorts [1], Google's answer to TikTok and Instagram Reels.