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by banana_giraffe 976 days ago
It's free of ads from YouTube. Plenty of videos have baked in ads from the content creators themselves.
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lapetitejort 976 days ago
If you dislike them, check out the SponsorBlock extension, which will skip in-video ads. While you're at it, also get DeArrow, which chooses a random frame as the thumbnail and allows community written titles that accurately describe the videos.
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Moldoteck 976 days ago
Too bad sponsorblock will not work on tv((
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xdennis 976 days ago
But at that point why not block all ads without paying? (That's what I do.)
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pertique 976 days ago
I think you and the comment you replied to are talking about different things. The comment you replied to IS talking about skipping these inline ads without paying (SponsorBlock). If you aren't using it and are watching the same videos, you're also seeing these ads.
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squeaky-clean 976 days ago
xdennis is asking why bother paying for premium if you still need to use sponsorblock. Why not just use sponsorblock + (uBlock Origin, or yt-dl, or etc) to remove both forms of ads for free.
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duped 976 days ago
Pretty much every streaming service with a "no ads" tier does this. I agree it's infuriating.
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rchaud 976 days ago
I bought an licensed VHS of Mission Impossible in '96, and had to FFW through trailers for other movies made by that studio.
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bredren 976 days ago
It goes deeper too. Original programming (film / tv) seems to contain paid product placement with no disclosure.
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moelf 976 days ago
that's why https://sponsor.ajay.app/ exists
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pmarreck 976 days ago
I don’t actually mind those, because at least you can skip past them manually; if they stop allowing THAT, though, THEN…
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_boffin_ 976 days ago
Check out SponsorBlock.
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