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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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[–] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (9 children)

Me on (android) TV. On PC I have ad blocker. On TV ads time is between 6 seconds and 1 minute. Sometimes ads contain AI slop. 💀

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    SmartTube for Android TV gives you adblock and sponsorblock

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    This app is unavaliable on my TV

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Theres also the possibility to use a VPN and log in from Albania (I think) to avoid ads altogether because they’re not legal there.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It is Albania. I will say that it's more correct to say that YouTube chooses not to send ads to Albania, rather than Albania banning it.

    Albanians anti ad laws state that ads are required to be safe for children, with the platform being responsible for failure.... So Google is not spending the effort to make the ads safe.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    On TV I silenced them as they start and look elsewhere meanwhile... I find joy in training myself to be unable to consciously recognise at all what is ongoing till the video start

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