They are stealing my life
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I noticed a trend on several free sites, like YouTube, to postpone content delivery with preamble ads that last from a few seconds to a few more seconds. Not counting the fact that this changes my well-established habits, I hate it: they are stealing bits of my life, exploiting my web-induced addiction to videos. I promise I'll quit. What about you?
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I noticed a trend on several free sites, like YouTube, to postpone content delivery with preamble ads that last from a few seconds to a few more seconds. Not counting the fact that this changes my well-established habits, I hate it: they are stealing bits of my life, exploiting my web-induced addiction to videos. I promise I'll quit. What about you?
Just a tip about the Internet (and the rest of the world for that matter): if it's "free", then you aren't the customer, you're the product. How do you expect these sites to function? Servers, bandwidth, programmers, etc. cost money, they need to earn money somehow or they aren't going to function. If you aren't willing to pay, advertisers are. If you are...well find some way to take that up with the site. Or just use an ad blocker.
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I noticed a trend on several free sites, like YouTube, to postpone content delivery with preamble ads that last from a few seconds to a few more seconds. Not counting the fact that this changes my well-established habits, I hate it: they are stealing bits of my life, exploiting my web-induced addiction to videos. I promise I'll quit. What about you?
YvesDaoust wrote:
I promise I'll quit.
I'll believe it when I see it. :) /ravi
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Just a tip about the Internet (and the rest of the world for that matter): if it's "free", then you aren't the customer, you're the product. How do you expect these sites to function? Servers, bandwidth, programmers, etc. cost money, they need to earn money somehow or they aren't going to function. If you aren't willing to pay, advertisers are. If you are...well find some way to take that up with the site. Or just use an ad blocker.
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lewax00 wrote:
If you aren't willing to pay, advertisers are
This choice has been, for the most part, removed.
If it moves, compile it
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I imagine because it wasn't worth maintaining a separate paid version for most sites. If people really want that option, they need to be vocal about it.
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YvesDaoust wrote:
I promise I'll quit.
I'll believe it when I see it. :) /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Where does it say the OP is willing to pay money in exchange for not seeing ads? All I see amounts to "I don't like ads because they're wasting my time."
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I noticed a trend on several free sites, like YouTube, to postpone content delivery with preamble ads that last from a few seconds to a few more seconds. Not counting the fact that this changes my well-established habits, I hate it: they are stealing bits of my life, exploiting my web-induced addiction to videos. I promise I'll quit. What about you?
Simple: If it starts with an ad, I close the page. There is nothing on YouTube and so forth that I am so desperate to watch that I will sit through a minute or so of advert for it. I'll find it elsewhere if I want it that much.
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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I noticed a trend on several free sites, like YouTube, to postpone content delivery with preamble ads that last from a few seconds to a few more seconds. Not counting the fact that this changes my well-established habits, I hate it: they are stealing bits of my life, exploiting my web-induced addiction to videos. I promise I'll quit. What about you?
