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Take that YouTube (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] leave_it_blank@lemmy.world 113 points 11 months ago (12 children)

It's funny. Before this crackdown none of my co-workers used adblockers. To install an add-on was too much hassle. They just watched the ads.

Now suddenly they became interested after hearing about them again, and almost all are running Firefox with ublock origin now.

YouTube should have just kept quiet, I don't believe they are better off now more than before.

[–] baascus@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If Twitch taught us anything, this is just the beginning.

[–] Vej@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What happened on twitch?

[–] Nythos@sh.itjust.works 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Made it more difficult to block ads than YouTube’s pathetic attempt.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was really surprised (and annoyed) to see some ads on Twitch yesterday.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 11 months ago

Straight up the first ads I've seen in a long time were on twitch.

Then of course the first ad I see was for Narcan followed by an ad for Smirnoff.

God I fucking hate ads

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 11 months ago

Ads need to be clearly identifiable as such here.

[–] ComradeWeebelo@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Twitch embeds ads directly into the stream now. They're next to impossible to block now, though I've heard some people say it's still possible.

[–] TalkingCat@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Try ttv-lol-pro, it works for me.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I will have to try that. My way of blocking twitch ads is using my vpn. But it disconnects me from chat for a few seconds, when an ad should appear.

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