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      Oh no! The video is black for a few seconds instead of showing several ads for a minute! Whatever am I going to do???

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        Even if they keep the screen black for 30 second to a minute, I’d still gladly wait in silence than be subjected to advertisements.

        If they ever make it impossible to watch videos without first watching ads, then I’ll just leave the platform. I have no loyalty to YouTube and I’ll sooner dump the platform and move on to other video sites than deal with enshittification and ads.

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      I don’t know why this just happens on my laptop. Probably it’s because it has a slower CPU. Also, this website shouldn’t be this bloated

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      I’m fine with waiting 10 seconds at the beginning of a video. I wonder how much YouTube would save (by reducing bandwidth, smaller caches, choosing slower storage) if they didn’t have the goal to start the video virtually immediately.

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    I actually find the value to be worth YouTube premium. YouTube music works crazy good on my cars wifi and infotainment, and i get 4 users that i can add to my family plan so now me and my wife and kids gets all ad free on any device. And i watch now YouTube that i do Netflix, and netflix cost almost the same for only 1 login.

    Personally i support any company that provides me an option for AD free service. I can’t stand companies that charge me, and show ads.

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    My favourite unexpected bonus from switching to Linux has been a completely ad free youtube experience. Not entirely sure why this magic is happening but I love it.

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      On windows Firefox + ublock origin is an ad free experience for YouTube. Any chance you picked a browser that has ublock origin added hy default?

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        Hmmm, I could’ve sworn my Firefox had ublock origin on windows but I might’ve screwed something up etc.

        I’m not one to look a gift horse in the mouth though!

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    hmmm? Sorry I was busy enjoying my favorite creators on invidious with sponsorskip. Not sure what you all guys are talking about. Youtube is so good when you remove Youtube from the equation.