this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2025
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A Boring Dystopia
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I wish Reddit wouldn't disable comments under ad-posts. Such a shitty website and so happy I left it for Lemmy.
Same thing with YouTube. I wish I could vent to the people responsible for putting rubbish in front of me. They deserve to hear my opinion as much as they think they have the right to serve me that ad.
They know exactly what they're doing and they absolutely don't give a flying fuck about what you or I think of it.
You’ve discovered the reason why comments are disabled 😅
For web, use Firefox (or a Firefox based browser, such as Zen) with uBlock Origin and sponsorblock extensions.
For Android, use YouTube ReVanced (has ad blocking and sponsorblock built in)
For Android TV/FireTV/Google TV use Smarttube (also has ad blocking and sponsorblock built in)
If you're on iPhone/iPad/Apple TV you're still out of luck as far as I'm aware.
I don’t see ads in YouTube while using ddg video filter in search. iOS
No yt account and proton vpn with secure core on always and additional settings.
There are other options, but I haven’t kept up with it in awhile so I’m hesitant to suggest them.
I think ads on the internet should only be allowed if they allow comments, with extremely limited moderation capabilities so that they can't just delete all the comments they don't like.
Just imagine the quality control we'd get on products. If people commented how your product fell apart after 6 months on all your ads you better bet things would get redesigned.
Of course, this is exactly why we can't have those.
There's so many ads now! It's crazy
I wish Reddit wouldn't
I barely go on X anymore, but I did the other day and saw a community note on an Ad and it virtually said it was a scam. I actually lol’d out loud.
One of the few things decent about that site, ignoring all the potential misuses of community notes on other more serious topics.