• SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    This constant harassment should be illegal. They should not be able to prompt you every single time you use a service. There needs to be a “NO” option. Not “no thank you”, not “maybe later”, “NO!”.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      I agree … but if you are standing in their store and they blast you with their advertising over and over again … they more or less can do whatever they want.

      You have to step out of their space.

      Use Firefox and stay away from Chrome.

      Chrome is owned by Google … YouTube is owned by Google … so going onto their website using their web browser is like walking into their store using their limo. Since you are on their property and in their vehicle … they have all the ability to push whatever they want onto to you. You have no choice. You can’t walk into a Gap store and ask not see any Gap advertisements.

      If you can visit their store using a different store front and a different vehicle … you at least have some options and ability to turn off features that you don’t want to see. At least you have a choice.

      I’m on Linux with Firefox with uBlock Origin and I never see ads on Youtube

      • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Unfortunately a lot of these services are becoming more akin to a utility than a clothing store though. You need them in some capacity to function in a modern life, and there are no alternatives, or every alternative engages in the same harassment.

  • Damaskox@kbin.social
    4·
    11 months ago

    I remember someone once writing “I could be rich if I invented a way to stab someone in the face through the Internet!” or something along those words.

  • MrSqueezles@lemm.ee
    44·
    11 months ago

    Haha so original. I’ve never seen a “Shitting on YouTube Premium” post ever. I wish I could look at a different version of this or, “Fuck ads on YouTube”, every day for months. That’s what’s going to put Lemmy head and shoulders above reddit.