Re: stupid youtube

From	felix <me@nothere.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers, aus.tv
Subject	Re: stupid youtube
Date	2016-12-10 16:24 +1100
Message-ID	<eb1hshFlrpdU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On Saturday, 10 Dec 2016 2:25 AM, BruceS wrote:
> On 12/07/2016 07:30 PM, felix wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 7 Dec 2016 12:49 PM, felix wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 7 Dec 2016 2:10 AM, BruceS wrote:
>>>> On 12/06/2016 01:28 AM, Petzl wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 18:00:52 +1100, felix <me@nothere.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> why the heck does youtube put those banner ads on videos? as if
>>>>>> anyone's
>>>>>> going stop playing the video to read an ad. all it does is 
>>>>>> obscure the
>>>>>> view of the video! and then you have to take to trouble to clik the
>>>>>> ads
>>>>>> X to get rid of it!
>>>>>>
>>>>> I think you can turn them off in Youtube setting (need to log on)?
>>>>> I don't see them (using Opera browser, Win10 64bit)
>>>>
>>>> I don't see them either, using Firefox, but it's entirely possible
>>>> that's because I run AdBlock Plus.  It gets rid of all sorts of
>>>> annoying ads.  Felix, you may want to give it a try.
>>>
>>> yeah, good idea thanks
>>>
>> yes, adblockers get rid of them. just tried it
>
> Great!  Another convert to adblocking.  You'll find that some sites
> whine about it, with notices about how they see that you have an
> adblocker, that they depend on ads, and they promise that *their* ads
> are not a problem.  Generally, you can just close that notice and keep
> going.  Some sites won't work if you have an adblocker, so then you
> have to decide whether to disable it for that site, or skip the site.


thanks. I'll keep it enabled and just disable it per site as necessary. 
with some sites, like computer help sites, I'd be happy for them to get 
some ad revenue from my visit

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