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The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility (www.youtube.com)

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[–] joshinator@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You still get their obnoxious "screwdriver, lttstore, waterbottle" reminders in every single video. Their 10sec in-video ads aren't that bad, but other channels have 2min ads within 8min videos. Which mean's paying users still get more ads than someone with browser extensions/modified apps.

The whole thing is a race to the bottom. People use adblock because there are just too many Youtube ads. Creators get less money from Youtube, so they resort to more and more in-video ads, and eventually SponsorBlock gets more appealing.

[–] Hexarei@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I've generally liked LTT's approach to ads since it means I can hit the right arrow key twice to skip the ad entirely but I hear you for sure.