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Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good::The company is exploring an integrity API that could lock down WebViews with DRM

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes it is true. They don't make an impression when I don't see it.

Call me old fashioned, but I have hands. I physically put my phone away because I do not want to watch the screen on my phone when the screen is showing an ad instead of showing what I wanted to see.

Companies are paying Google to show me ads that I don't see.

Coca Cola's brand recognition does not come from YouTube ads. It comes from signs in the real world, visual merchandising in stores and product placement in shows.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. There are petrol pumps that play fucking ads. What do I do? Enter car. That’s horrifying to me.

I haven’t had YouTube ads for a long time thanks to Firefox focus but if I did? I’d probably abandon the platform. Otherwise I’d just put my phone upside down for as long as the ad might be.

You’re entirely correct. I refuse to ads. I wish billboards were illegal here. Ads are a fuck.