>YouTube allows you to pay to show an ad before a video plays.
Is also the reason why I installed an adblocker.
I do not know if anybody still remembers the time when ads were not intrusive and did not try to hog all the CPU cycles.
Is also the reason why I installed an adblocker.
I do not know if anybody still remembers the time when ads were not intrusive and did not try to hog all the CPU cycles.
And which are more intrusive, TV ads or youtube ads? I can skip youtube ads.
Fortunately(?), reloading the page made them skipped.
That sucks, and certainly would be frustrating. If something like that happens, sending feedback (right click and select “Trouble shoot playback issue”) can help (and no, those feedback reports aren’t just sent to /dev/null; they really are helpful!). Additionally, some employees have been known to lurk on r/youtube, but they might request the debug info for the playback (again, right click on the video; do this while the ad is playing and save it for later if you/someone needs it).
Disclaimer: I work at YouTube, but I’m just posting this in a personal capacity and don’t represent my employer in any way.
Sometimes it's Patreon or Netflix between me and the content creator
Other times they show me a video that attempts to influence me to go to the store, pick up a different brand of detergent, then the store gives money to the multinational behind the brand, then the multinational gives the money to an ad agency, then the ad agency give the money to Youtube, then Youtube gives the money to the content creator. Except I buy store-brand detergent, so this pipeline leaks a lot.