- The ads aren’t targeted properly for one thing. I see ads for stuff that would never apply to me. Such a waste of money.
- Many of the videos already have a sponsor, so they are double-dipping.
- Also I’m not going to sit through 60 seconds of ads for a five minute video. Get real.
- And don’t lie to me about “Watch this long ad break and we won’t show you more ads during this program.”
I think Prime has the right idea of front loading the ads at the beginning of the program instead of interrupting thinks every few minutes.
I’d pay for ad-free YouTube if it didn’t cost as much as HBO. Charge $3 to $5 a month and I’d consider it. Otherwise I’ll just mute the TV, or skip the programming altogether.
It’s too difficult to block huge swaths of things you’re not interested in. Like sports, or memes, or music. You block one community and 99 more about the same subject appear in your feed.
Adding some sort of Usenet-style organization or sublemmy tagging might help.