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Christoph Ono 1y ago

The YouTube user experience in 2024:

- Consider ad-exposure to content value trade-off

- 50% chance of bailing

- Mute device

- Click link

- Do something else for ~3 minutes

- Come back

- 50% chance of giving up since ad is still running

- Unmute and watch for ~5 minutes

- Ad comes on, mute and do something else

- Repeat...

My default is now to not watch videos unless I am really sure ahead of time that they are worthwhile. The ad/content ratio is not reasonable. This used to be very different 1-2 years ago.

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Zen 🏴‍☠️ 1y ago

Ublock origin

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Christoph Ono 1y ago

It can block video ads, too?

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Zen 🏴‍☠️ 1y ago

Yes, never seen an ad in ages

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Bitcoin Only 1y ago

Try watching YT in Brave browser instead of the YT app. You will like it much better.

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nostr3341 1y ago

Having a good physical intake by eating healthy, exercising, sleeping, but then it gets offset by the daily mental intake of video ads that stir up the mind and plant seeds and ideas in it that one wouldn't otherwise consume or expose themselves to if they had a choice. Ublock origin for the win. Nostr for the win. 💪