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YouTube's long unskippable ads may have finally met their match (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Vietnam is passing a new law, going into effect on February 15, that will ban unskippable ads as well as delays before closing banner ads.

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[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

uBlock doesn’t come with financial and legal penalties, I’ll take Vietnam’s solution.

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't give a shit about all that since, wel, I have ublock.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I would rather everyone benefit and not only people technically competent enough to know about uBlock 🤷‍♂️

[–] itsmistermoon@piefed.social 17 points 2 weeks ago

Not to mention the hassle of using youtube on different platforms beside your browser, specially on tv

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

Well you got a good point there. This is exactly why ads are incredibly evil.