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YouTube's ad problem just got worse: Users now seeing 90-second unskippable ads!
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this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2026
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Easy, I'll just switch to... Oh, right, it's a monopoly, who would have thought they'd offer a shitty service for "free"?
Thats the kicker. I really want to move away from Youtube. Many are fine with just blocking ads, but its not rocket science to host a video over the internet.
Peertube seems like it can one day be great, but its currently just not popular enough, and its sad, because everyone talks about ditching google, except when it comes to youtube.
It's a good service actually. Just not free.
That is good is up to you, as the user. I wouldn't use their service at all without avoiding those ads, so, it's not a good "free" service for me.
The content from 3rd partys might be good, the platform itself is not.