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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wait until they require a quiz be taken to prove you watched the video. They could also stitch together the video with the ads, so it's all a single video. They can make fast-forwarding videos impossible (to stop the sponsorblock stuff). Begun the Ad Wars have.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Didn't YouTube literally do this with the question ads a few years ago? That's when I decided I would NEVER be nice to advertisers. They're selling my time for money, not giving me the money, and now they're rude about it. 110% fuuuuuuck them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I usually eithe rjust let the timer run out on those or submit bad data

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same, but the mere demand for attention was enough. Now, if I see an ad, I'll make a script sit there and spend five minutes force-loading their pages to eat their bandwidth right back. They will lose money for every ad I see. Fuck them all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just so you know, they already lost money when you clicked on the ad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I want them to lose a tangible amount. Showing me one ad will cost them the same as showing others hundreds of thousands.