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if only ads arent annoying and loud, i have no problems unblocking them. but damn, they're unbearable atleast in my region.
Getting so many NSFW dating/straight up p##n ads. I shit you not they have even had CP ads I have seen. Disgusting and completely illegal.
The amount of ads that I get on mobile YouTube about meeting Ukrainian women is alarming to say the least
I got russian ones. Jesus christ they are running a fucking massive trafficking ring at the least.
Do you have briefing history turned on? If so, hmmmm.....
Ads are served based on your browsing history. If you have never watched those, then you probably should check on you 8yo child or wife's who's using the same acc
Not necessarily true. They are mostly advertised as "music videos" or something like this. If YouTube would know it's porn or even CP, they wouldn't serve the ads and block the account.
There are other factors that also play a role like location or age.
Nobody else used my google acc at the time i still had it. I use FF now anyway.
Usually most of my YouTube ads are for bullshit training programs (and I do mean bullshit, like pseudosciencey shit) or gambling.
Both are just at the edge of legality (I am pretty sure some cross it).
Except since last month, because now almost all are for that Scorsese movie. I mean, I don't mind being advertised that, but I've seen these ads so much that all they managed to do is make me hate it despite barely knowing anything about it.
Also, unskippable ads keep being longer. Now it's reached two 20-second ads interrupting even short-ish videos every 5 minutes or so.
So yeah, people, that's what YouTube looks like without an ad blocker now. Gee, I wonder why so many block them.
I get the piano fraud guy shouting about how only he can teach you mastery of the piano in three days, or something like that. It's a scam but I can't get rid of his obnoxious ads.