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		tehwebguy on Dec 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-... OK but now isn't the ask for a competitor who is okay with having like no ad revenue?

jonathankoren on Dec 5, 2023 [–]

This is really a lazy take, but I’ll engage.

There’s a huge difference between no ads, and unskipable ads shat out every seven minutes, with another two at the start of every video.

Television isn’t even this bad.

Turneyboy on Dec 6, 2023 | [–]

Television typically runs ~7 minutes of unskippable ads for 23 minutes of content.

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