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[–] CIWS-30@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If it's youtube, I just back completely out of the video and exit the app and go somewhere else with my time. I do it every time, and now they don't show me 30 second unskippable ads anymore.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

so you never watch YouTube anymore?

[–] LemmyNameMyself@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can get the same result by refreshing the page until it doesn't give you an ad or gives your a skippable one. Usually works well enough for me.

Now when they have an ad in the video more than 3 times in 30 minutes I'm out