I watched a whole series via youtube ads

This is not an exaggeration. I watched a badly acted, badly written Chinese drama about a man who was rejected by his wife on their first night. Then, to be worthy of her, he became emperor, only to find out that she had already remarried the son of the local governor.

When he got back (leaving his guards), he did not stumble upon injustice in his hometown. As a good person, he reminded the gatekeeper that he had obeyed the law (no bribery). But his common appearance made the gatekeeper mad and assaulted him.

Coincidentally his former(actually still) wife is taking a walk and sees him. After so long, they finally meet again. But after this and that. . . . .

Wait. . . I'm not writing this blog to review that thing. I write this to complain.

There was a time when you could just wait for YouTube ads to end. While today you still can do the same, they are less and less viable.

Ads that keep going and going and going and going.

Ads that are followed by other ads.

Ads that need interaction to close.

Ads that Stay on screen until you press something.

All of them are super annoying. If you use YouTube as radio, this is absolutely sssssuuuupppeeeer annoying.

I don't mind ads. I understand that if something is free, most of the time. I’m the product. And I’m okay with that trade. But there's a line.

And, this is not how you do it. What you are doing is only making people want to put adblock and reject your business model. More so when the ads sometimes are just straight up scams.

When I was a child, ads on radio and TV were the bane of my existence. But comparing them to YouTube, it's not even close. Ads on TV and Radio are consistent. You get them when you expect them to appear, and even if you did nothing. Eventually, they will be gone. Just like a storm.

But YouTube ads? They disrupt your viewing experience, increasingly requiring taps or clicks to skip. There's no consistency—some last 30 seconds, others 45, a minute, or even half an hour if left unchecked.

Once again, it's not I'm against ads as a concept. But the level of annoyingness is too much. Just be reasonable. It would be a win-win for all of us.

 

I would have less ads. And you wouln't need to do some draconian move like banning adblock (or killing manivest v2) if most commone people doesn't really get bothered by the ads. That's you know. . . . reasonable.