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YouTube have worked really hard this year to help people balance their media consumption with real life.
Everytime I am confronted with another irritating YouTube advert I close the App and say "Thanks YouTube. You are right, I didn't need to watch a detailed unboxing review for a product I neither want, nor need to know exists. I will do something in the real world and try you again in an hour"
I now find myself thinking twice before even opening the App.
Even better on my PC, because I use AdBlockers, YouTube doesn't even let me waste my time, even when I want to.
Truly, Do No Evil
You shouldn't get ads on PC. I use it daily for hours a day and never see ads.
You know things like revanced exist?
I mean, they're still not wrong. Same thing happened with Reddit, curbing my use of it made me think twice about what I was really using it for and it turns out it wasn't that much that was really necessary. It made me reach a better more healthy balance of how I use these sites (Lemmy too).
grayjay is better, it simultaniously blocks ads and chips away at the youtube monopoly on independent content creators