I just tried to look up a specific video of a Nick Swardson stand up bit. All I searched was “Nick Swardson loitering”. There were 5 fucking ads before an actual user posted video, then one real human posted video that barely had anything to do with Nick, then 5 more fucking ads.

I knew they were forcing ads into videos but clogging the entire search feed with ads is unfuckingbelievable.

Is this really what it’s come to? Ads are more important than what I’m actually looking for? Are people really okay with this?

    • iAmTheTot
      72·
      3 months ago

      Extorted? Why are you so dramatic? It’s a service I’m happy to pay for.

      I use ad blockers too. But I also don’t mind paying for a good service. The cost of the service is worth it to me for the conveniences it offers. If I didn’t feel that way, I wouldn’t pay for it, but I also wouldn’t be complaining about something I’m not paying for.

      • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Yeah if you enjoy some kinds of things that are only with it and it’s like more content there is nothing extortion about it. You kinda implied you pay for it so as to not see ads. My bad.

        Honestly though I personally don’t think any of this stuff is worth paying for but I’m not typical. My wife and I pay for Az prime for the deliveries alone but we get tons of extra stuff with it such as streaming tv, grubhub+ and a few other things like hbo max and peacock I think.

        We also pay for Netflix. With all that, I still often find I search for something and either nobody has it or Az has it but you have to pay extra.

        I torrent everything I want and fuck the lot of them. We’re already paying them as it is. But then that’s how I’ve been doing most tv and movies since like early 2000s.

        • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          We pay Prime for the delivery options, and we buy a lot from Amazon. LOL, I even have Prime integrated on my Kodi server but my instinct is to pirate it first.

          • leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
            3·
            3 months ago

            I also pay Prime for the delivery (it’s a cheap annual payment around these parts).

            I also still torrent Prime shows, not out of instinct, but because it’s more convenient and less of a hassle, I get them in higher quality, and I can archive them for later.

            • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              3 months ago

              Yeah, one day something is on a streaming service, the next day they’ve removed it. I always pir8.

          • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            I mean… pirating gives you the content saved on your own system, in the format you’ve chosen from those available, on your own system that’s not subject to pruning at their whims. My wife uses the prime video and Netflix because it’s easier for her, as I have not yet setup anything like Plex yet. I just use a pc connected to the TV, which is more complicated for her. But I’m going to eventually get something setup on Linux and a media center system like Plex or more likely something simpler.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Sir! This is lemmy. You go with the hivemind or die in a fire.

        “I pay for a thing because it’s worth it to me and here’s why.”

        (OK, I’d like to hear your take…)

        “Idiot! Capitalist apologist!”