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    I won't watch any Youtube with one of those goddamned things on there--but they are getting more common all the time. I bet pretty soon it will be impossible to view one without sitting through the sales pitch first.
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    ugh, i hate it too. like they don't already have ads on the sidebars and stuff... wtf

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    yeah, i already cut down my video watching because of this. and basically abandoned collegehumor's videos about a year ago because there were just too many ads.

    i don't mind too much if they're really short, but they're always for the same thing. and it's always something i don't want or need. and really, if i bought it, would the ads stop? no. so if i did need it, i'd refuse to buy it out of spite.
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    Default Re: Fucking Youtube commercials

    Here's a great little ad-block for Windows. It's really good and it allows Explorer to load pages a whole lot quicker:

    http://simple-adblock.com/

    Doesn't get rid of YouTube ad previews though.....
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    can't stand them! and theyre always on the "vevo" videos
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    Default Re: Fucking Youtube commercials

    its how they keep youtube free. it does cost money to run a site like that.

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    I don't buy it. YouTube was 'free' for years before they started running those ads. They made money from the banner ads, etc. Now apparently they want more money, and they are getting it.

    Thanks for the advice on how to stop it, everyone!
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    This is guestimated year the site will turn profitable.
    Do you find it hard to believe an internet company has been running massive losses while being worth billions?

    http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/2010...fit-this-year/

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    its like the facebook geek, how he is a billionaire? they dont sell anything!!!

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    I stand corrected. Apparently (according to accounting records accessed by the public, as the article would indicate) they haven't been turning a profit--yet. But they have succeeded in getting the public hooked on their use--setting the stage for advertising blitzes in collaboration. Those ads will get them the profits. I'll just never watch them unless I can turn it off.

    I don't need YouTube that bad, to watch the kind of schlock propaganda I am starting to see. That is one of the main reasons I will not ever watch television.

    Back when I was a kid, especially before the massive proliferation of cable television stations, they would periodically have a debate about this. 'Television is free!' they would say, 'Why are you bitching about commercials??? This is what provides/pays for the programming!'

    Bullshit. Every time you buy a big brand name product at the store, you are paying for the television programming. Corporations factor the price of advertising into the purchase price. They don't eat the cost of the ads, the consumers do. So basically what you have is the consumers paying extra for their brainwashing, along with their cheesy sit-coms and 'reality' shows.

    One reason generic products cost a lot less--and quite often generic items are the same as the advertised brands, sold in bulk to the generic company by the manufacturers.
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