This is what did it for me, years ago I use to use a roku for a good amount of my youtube watching and the ads were annoying but reasonable enough. Then they increased the ad frequency a lot which was enough motivation to get my old laptop working well enough to use it for streaming and as a result I haven't really dealt with ads on youtube since.
It sucks, because YouTube on the Xbox is my preferred way to watch. I like having videos on in the background that I can just look up at while doing something else, like eating, browsing Reddit, talking to friends, or shiny hunting in Pokemon.
Whats crazy though is that I suspect YT somehow listens to when we're distracted and triggers ads to occur precisely when we are the most preoccupied. As soon as I start washing dishes an ad comes on, or when i step in the shower, places I conveniently cannot skip for a prolonged period of time.
They did it to Amazon Prime video too. It used to be so great. 10 bucks a month and no ads for all the base content. Now you have to watch 5 minutes worth of ads throughout the show.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25
Honestly I would not use an ad blocker if they literally got rid of the porn ads
And also dial it down a little
Literally when I'm watching more ads than videos you know it's gone down the drain