• My favorite experience in this regard was watching YouTube on xbox (i know, i know)… They played a 40 minute redbull “ad” on a five minute video. In what sane world should ads be 8 fucking times longer than the content?!?!1?

    • @domdanial@reddthat.com
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      222 days ago

      I had a similar experience on my YouTube TV app, I was watching old history channels in bed, and there was a full length documentary for an “ad”. I could have skipped after 15 seconds or whatever, but I had to INTERACT with the TV before it would resume. I was distracted so it ended up playing like 15 minutes of an hour+ documentary ad.

    • @pinkystew@reddthat.com
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      22 days ago

      I never use youtube anymore.

      Laying in bed bored = netflix

      Up and motivated = steam or work

      News = Reddthat

      Tutorials = text-based articles, no unindexed untranscribed videos that start with the words “hey guys welcome back”

      • It was just a documentary that was shoved into an ad space. Something about their aerial stunts/races. Dunno. I got like, five seconds into it because FUCK THAT SHIT.