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[–] Mewio@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

I wouldn't mind ads if,

  1. They didn't repeat the same 3 ads every few minutes on high ad videos (No It, I will not take it >:c)
  2. Moderated and removed obvious scam ads
  3. Remove ads that are disgusting or clearly inappropriate (I have seen some stuff that could be categorized as porn in YouTube ads and no I do not allow them to feed me ads based on my interests)
  4. If ads were still not being actively used to spread malware/viruses (not sure if this happens on YouTube at all but I would rather be safe then sorry)

[EDIT] Removed a redundant word

[–] loops@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The largest issue for me is that I've never watched an ad and thought "I need that". It's just a huge waste of time that I find disrespectful and distasteful.

That being said I haven't watched and ad in years. A bit less then a decade now, actually.

[–] mrcory@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

To be fair, even though ads didn't make you want to buy anything, the tax write-off was the same.

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