How long/soon into the future before we start seeing 3,4,5 commercials before a YouTube video

RastafaJones

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It's now common to have 2 videos before a YouTube video. It's safe to assume they're going to only increase in the future, not to mention the commercials in the middle of long videos.
 

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However many commercials it takes to make you pay not to see them is how low YouTube will go.
 

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Doesn't xbox use the Edge browser now? There's an Edge addon for ublock.
 

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However many commercials it takes to make you pay not to see them is how low YouTube will go.
Yup.

Even with an ad blocker I still get pop ups for YT Premium or whatever their pay service is that's bundled with a bunch of cable channels. They're really pushing that hard and I just don't see it ever being a viable competitor with the big streaming services.
 

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Doesn't xbox use the Edge browser now? There's an Edge addon for ublock.

There is a dedicated YouTube app.

I doubt you could install an add-on to the edge browser on the Xbox, but i dunno.
 

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It's now common to have 2 videos before a YouTube video. It's safe to assume they're going to only increase in the future, not to mention the commercials in the middle of long videos.
They don't interrupt music videos with ads, like they do with other kinds of videos.
Three ads before a video would be too much, even with the ability to skip them.
 

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I’d wager they actually make more bottom line revenue from the ads as opposed to their subscription service. They’re pushing the sub though because it’s funny money “recurring revenue.”
 

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i wasn't aware how bad the ads were until i started watching more YT on my phone.
how to people block ads on their mobile devies?
 

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i wasn't aware how bad the ads were until i started watching more YT on my phone.
how to people block ads on their mobile devies?
Use a browser instead of the Youtube app.

Vivaldi has built in ad filtering and you can enable ublock on top of that.
 

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Advertisements are annoying, but, it's a business and they've got to generate money somehow to stay afloat. They probably look at cable TV ad length/frequency as a guide to what viewers will tolerate.
 

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i wasn't aware how bad the ads were until i started watching more YT on my phone.
how to people block ads on their mobile devies?
youtube premium... yes you have to pay for the privilege on mobile
 

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I pay for Premium, never see an ad. I don’t know what it costs but it’s worth it.
 

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Advertisements are annoying, but, it's a business and they've got to generate money somehow to stay afloat. They probably look at cable TV ad length/frequency as a guide to what viewers will tolerate.
it's google, they make more than enough money from your data alone.
 

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i wasn't aware how bad the ads were until i started watching more YT on my phone.
how to people block ads on their mobile devies?
Youtube vanced or whatever it was called. Was shut down recently.
 

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Adblock, UBlock Origin, or if you're set-top box (Android, Apple TV, etc) has the ability to download apks, get SmartTubeNext. Skips commercials, and can even skip the stupid adverts that the video has that is made by the creator. "Oh that reminds me, when I have an itchy ass I use Gunderson's butthole cream" or whatever, it automatically skips that shit.

It can even sometimes skip off topic shit lol. Sometimes creators ramble on about something other than the topic of the vid and it skips it. It's glorious.

Youtube vanced or whatever it was called. Was shut down recently.
What? I just googled and yeah, it looks like they are shutting it down. Good thing I have the app installed and it still works for now. If it stops working then another will take its place, or I'll use some other means to search for videos on my phone. That's all I use it for on my phone anyway. I use SmartTubeNext on my NVidia shield and it works awesome.
 
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Neo Alec

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Is it weird I watch YouTube from my Xbox on my television? I suppose I could get a media PC but meh.
I use Chromecast almost exclusively for Youtube. However the amount of ads these days is making my Chromecast destined for the trash unfortunately. We had a good run.
 

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I use Chromecast almost exclusively for Youtube. However the amount of ads these days is making my Chromecast destined for the trash unfortunately. We had a good run.
It drives me nuts that when I use Chromecast from a browser with an adblocker, the ads still somehow make it onto the TV. I have a Google TV, which is ridiculous deal, IMO. The ads are my only complaint. I'm going to look into the API thing mentioned above.
 

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it's google, they make more than enough money from your data alone.
Maybe, but, what company wouldn't want to profit from both revenue streams, given the option?
 

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It drives me nuts that when I use Chromecast from a browser with an adblocker, the ads still somehow make it onto the TV. I have a Google TV, which is ridiculous deal, IMO. The ads are my only complaint. I'm going to look into the API thing mentioned above.
Youtube's actually running on the Chromecast. The browser is just controlling it. So the ad blocker won't work that way.
 
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