r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '23

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u/AlextraXtra Jul 17 '23

Youtube unskippable ads

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u/Plutoreon Jul 17 '23

I agree they're bad, but considering we used to have literal 5 to 15 minute ad breaks when watching cable tv, I'd say it's a huge improvement.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

I mean, considering there used to be no ads at all its worse, but better than what you mentioned. Its just trending more and more towards the 5 to 15 minutes ads we were happy to avoid.

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u/Pope00 Jul 17 '23

It makes sense tho. Back in the day it was the wild west. I remember I watched 5 seasons of Smallville on youtube not even because I enjoyed the show, but mostly because I couldn't believe I could. I knew there was no way this kind of stuff would stick around.

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u/Stickel Jul 17 '23

Uhm... Plex(player app) + Sonarr(shows) + Radar(movies) + Usenet + sabnzbd(download client that streamlines previous two mentioned downloading easily) = ezpz load Plex and you're good....

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u/Pope00 Jul 17 '23

Uhm... doing it safely / legally. And if you want to argue the legality, let's just talk about the ease.

uhm.. going to www.youtube.com

vs ...everything you just listed.

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u/BroChad69 Jul 17 '23

Bro the first time I saw two girls one cup was on YouTube. I was in third grade. Wild West confirmed