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Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users (www.theregister.com)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

10-hour plus loops of the same song over and over again that nobody watches.

I tend to fall asleep to one of those videos of being on the beach with ocean sounds, so /shrug.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not the same as 10hr nyan cat or bacon pancakes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

10-hour plus loops of the same song over and over again that nobody watches.

I tend to fall asleep to one of those videos of being on the beach with ocean sounds, so /shrug.

Not the same as 10hr nyan cat or bacon pancakes

Definately not the same. Also, what "nobody watches" is in the eye of the beholder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So to combat use cases like this, why not just add a repeat option? There would be no break if it cached the beginning again.

Also just download the audio you want and loop it yourself. It would take roughly 2 minutes and use way less bandwidth.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So to combat use cases like this, why not just add a repeat option? There would be no break if it cached the beginning again.

The first two minutes are an ad, and having a loud voice talking to you all of a sudden in your bedroom while you are asleep tends to wake you up.

Also just download the audio you want and loop it yourself. It would take roughly 2 minutes and use way less bandwidth.

With compression techniques being as they are today, I truly don't even worry about the bandwidth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But manually looping any part of it inside the video which you can do past the first 2 minutes would still not be an ad. Also, who doesn't use an ad blocker on YouTube? All of those problems that you listed have incredibly easy solutions that you can execute with zero training.

And realistically if they are looking for profit (and they absolutely are) I still see no reason why they would keep these up. The benefits are absolutely minimal at best and the drawbacks are quite large.

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

But manually looping any part of it inside the video which you can do past the first 2 minutes would still not be an ad. Also, who doesn’t use an ad blocker on YouTube?

My YouTube app on my phone, which doesn't have an ad blocker. And as far as I know, there's no way to restart a video at a certain timestamp, it just restarts from the very beginning. I'd be glad to hear otherwise though?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah! A few ways to do things:

  1. Go into the YouTube "three dots" options and you can "Create Clip" which will allow you to shave out or repeat any length of video you want. If you shave it out, you can make it private and just repeat the single video. and / or
  2. Use any YouTube download site (say like this one) and just get the MP3 or video which you can play over and over using any media player. and / or
  3. If you're on a phone, use a third-party YouTube app like GrayJay and it'll block ads.

If you have questions, ask away!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the info, much appreciated!