 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to Dude111
Re: adblocking was so much more logical in the '80s!!!!!!111 |
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 Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | reply to seamore
I dont see how adblock can stop an ad ON YOUTUBE!!!!! (I mean a video ad embedded in the video (ISNT THE VIDEO AD ALSO AN .FLV FILE??)) |
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Timmn
join:2000-04-23
Tinley Park, IL Reviews:
 ·AT&T Yahoo
·CYBERONIC INTERN..
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Re: Ads in online streaming videos One of the apps on my Blu-ray player is for Crackle, they have free TV shows and movies. Now I can understand the need for commercials because they are providing their services for free, but it seems that the only advertising client they have is Axe Apollo. Axe only has two commercials, one with a lifeguard and the other with a fireman. The whole idea behind the commercials is stupid, but what is worse is having to watch one of the two commercials at each commercial break. |
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AZinOH
join:2007-04-25
Swanton, OH Reviews:
·Windstream
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I made a quick visit to YouTube clicking on videos at random just to see what ads I would get. Here are the results:
Advil (too bad..I already have the pain-relievers I need)
theHouse.com (wanting to sell me snowboards...I'm 58)
MGM Grand Vietnam (Seriously? I can't afford to go to Chicago.)
The Get Around Knee (if I need one, my doctor will decide)
DISH Hopper (I'm not going to go there)
Oprah (if you think I care about Beyonce, you're wrong)
AMEX Sync on Twitter (I don't even have a cellphone)
Gamefly (I'm not going to go there X 10,000)
Ameriprise Financial (as if I had any money to invest)
Legal Zoom (if I need legal advice, I'll get a lawyer)
and three movies I will never watch
the latest Die Hard
The Internship
Silver Linings Playbook
and to add to the insanity, I started getting repeats of the above.
They were all wasted on me, just as the next 1000 ads will be. |
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 Fir_Na_TineGiggity GiggityPremium
join:2001-01-03
Sout Joisy | reply to ke4pym
said by ke4pym:I had no idea Youtube even had commercials until recently. When I finally watched a Youtube video on my phone recently, I got hammered with them.
Adblock. It is your friend.
Same here. I was surprised to find that out. Adblock all the way. Also use Ghostery but sometimes on some sites the video doesn't even come up at all.
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 ThalerPremium
join:2004-02-02
Los Angeles, CA
kudos:3 | reply to BigBlarg
said by BigBlarg:Anyway, you know what's more annoying than video ads?
When they do that TV thing where the ad is at a different volume level than the content you were watching?
Honestly, I don't know why companies do this. Want to know the easiest way to lose my business? Rupture my ear drums - never, ever will I buy a damn thing you make. |
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Yes, it angers me to no end as well. Adblock doesn't work on every site, BTW. I do have Adblock Plus.
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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian. Robert Orben
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If it's a 5 second thing - turn off images and use the mute. Count about 6 seconds and turn everything back on. It's a pain, but it is revenge. You can't buy what you can't see (or hear)
You can do images instantly in Opera. FX has an add-on. |
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AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to ke4pym
Adblockplus |
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ke4pymPremium
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC | reply to seamore
I had no idea Youtube even had commercials until recently. When I finally watched a Youtube video on my phone recently, I got hammered with them.
Adblock. It is your friend. |
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Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | reply to seamore
If ya do se a preroll AD isnt it part of the video?? (FLV file) -- adblock wont work on that!! |
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 sivranOpera ex-patPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | reply to seamore
Re: Ads in online streaming videos I (ab)use the HOSTS file to block ads and rarely see a pre-roll ad on a video.
Though I do sometimes encounter videos that simply won't start until I use HostsMan to temporarily disable the hosts file
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 dandelionPremium,MVM
join:2003-04-29
Germantown, TN
kudos:4
 ·Comcast
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Re: Ads in online streaming videos I have blocked the ads on most sites for ages. I ALSO wouldn't pay to see whatever it was if there were no ads...it is not my choice to have some "content" shown with ads that I can very well do without. *shrugs*.
Last I was on hulu.. I got the wait time still but at least it blocked the ad. |
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 BigBlarg
join:2008-02-10
Longueuil, QC
kudos:1 | reply to CylonRed
Actually, many other sites are worst than YouTube... |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to banditws6
It is not just Google that does this - many others do as well. So no sympathy needed but people need to figure out that you don't get thing like that for free.
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 banditws6Shrinking Time and DistancePremium
join:2001-08-18
Frisco, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
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I'll gladly see YouTube cease to exist, then, before I either put up with that volume of ads or pay them any money. They are hardly a life necessity.
My business has paid Google enough money in AdWords costs -- as have thousands of other businesses, I suspect -- to make it slightly hard for me to sympathize with them on the issue of their costs. |
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 VoxxjinMade of HamburgerPremium
join:2010-01-13
San Antonio, TX | reply to seamore
Hell I am just glad many of them allow me to skip after 5 seconds.
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