I have YouTube premium. Everytime my kids get exposed to even age appropriate àds it generates attraction to crap. Even in magazines for kids.
So I just keep ads out of their system and they seem happier and more internally satisfied
Advertisements are essentially artificial reminders of how unsatisfying and difficult life is without $PRODUCT.
Pretty much a form of psychological abuse and manipulation.
I've recently been searching for some how-to videos and the number of ads is insane - but somehow they don't show when I watch in the video search results in DuckDuckGo
I'm pretty sure YouTube doesn't play ads in embeds (as much?)
Same here, not using YouTube's built in search function eliminates most of the ad and also recommendations problems. I use You.com since they additionally show Reddit and TikTok results which I sometimes find more useful than YT videos.
people are primarily motivated by envy even if they don't realize it...