Same. I even close when YouTube tries to make me watch 2 15-second videos back to back, without the option to skip.
My naive belief is that if enough people leave, they’ll back off.
My naive belief is that if enough people leave, they’ll back off.
Just like the TV channels did/are doing!
Oh wait ...
Then again, maybe they've seen that people mostly don't go away...
I subscribe to YouTube Premium and the only time I see an ad on YT is when I'm accidentally logged in as another user.
Over time it’s going to be the same with YouTube. People will accept multi-minute ads eventually, so eventually YouTube will run them. It’s only a matter of time.
The only thing that could stop it is if people immediately leave the site when you feel the ads are too long. If that happens enough, it will force YouTube to back off. Naive to think that would happen, but I’m doing my part.
I'm well beyond the "I haven't owned one" territory to "I haven't watched in years".
Because of cross-contamination of practices and techniques between commercial and public broadcasting, that includes public broadcasting.
I'll watch an occasional segment on YouTube (with adblocking), but even then, I prefer simply listening to audio (mpv / command-line).
The abuse isn't cost-free, and more attractive demographics will leave. This also means, of course, that the poor or mentally susceptible are left with a far-worse product and more predatory advertising as well.
I was worried they would be more susceptible to ads. Ut it’s the opposite.