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akersten ◴[21 Jun 25 01:03 UTC] No.44333609[source]▶

Thank you for your important work fighting this battle, it must be exhausting.

The more Google insists on forcing advertising on us, the more we should look closely at the wildly inappropriate and downright scammy ads they are hosting. If they can't leave well enough alone and look the other way on ad blocking, (which is the only way to avoid exposing myself and family to these dangerous ads), they need to be under a lot more scrutiny for the ads they choose to run.

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timmg ◴[21 Jun 25 01:06 UTC] No.44333634[source]▶

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> The more Google insists on forcing advertising on us...

You can... just not visit youtube, right?

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1. jmbwell ◴[21 Jun 25 02:02 UTC] No.44333878[source]▶

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I was visiting my kid’s class one day. They were using some YouTube product that seemed oriented at schools, that I’d never seen before. An ad would pop up, and one of the kids (whosever turn it was next?) would run up and tap the skip ad button.

So even if you’re trying to use YouTube for something of value, you’re battling ads. Or at least our kids are.

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2. petepete ◴[21 Jun 25 08:26 UTC] No.44335738[source]▶

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I hope there's no ads before educational videos on how to do CPR or perform the Heimlich manoeuvre!

YouTube's new anti-adblock measures