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  • NotAGamer@lemmy.orgtoTechnology@lemmy.worldAds on YouTube
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    2 days ago

    2 issues. Inconsistent quality control of ads. In some places ads have content that would be banned in the actual YouTube videos. There’s also inconsistent quantity of ads. You can have 5 second or 14.5 second unskippable ads with the timer for determining if an ad is unskipple getting longer and longer. I’ve also seen a 10 minute video with 3 double ad stops and it’s all creeping up with them even now not showing the timer for ads in the Android app. They were fine when they started ads but it’s getting worse.















  • It was dial-up. Most computers don’t have phone modems built in anymore, cell phones definitely don’t and it would be so slow as to be virtually useless with modern APIs. Broadband needs a hardware setup which nobody can or will do for free. Sure there’s wifi which some cities offer but those will be restricted and are only “free” as covered by local government taxes or local businesses. The days where the model of free internet access in exchange for selling your data is gone. Clearly to me the poster above is referring to social media selling your privacy which goes back to my point that social media is not the Internet.