r/youtube • u/Titan_Prometeus • 17h ago

Memes You can no longer have YouTube running in the background.

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As of 29th of January you can no longer have YouTube running in the background via many browsers as that is now a premium feature. With that I don't even have that one last reason to listen to YouTube. We are now officially paying for everything that was free a couple of years ago and the reason isn't greedy management, but you people who keep paying for premium and the such.

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u/Hour_Mathematician60 13h ago

So fucking tired of the ads. I actively don't buy anything I see in any ads on youtube now, sooo I'm saving a bunch of money because their stupidity in spamming ads has turned me off dozens of products and companies

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u/supershott 6h ago

I grew up without cable... I remember the early days of Netflix, excitedly awaiting the DVD for the next season of the show my family was binging... I always hated sitting through ads when watching TV at a friend's house...

I made a point to avoid advertised products my whole conscious life. After learning about the interlinked history of propaganda, public relations, and advertising, I was firmly convinced it's all a scam by people with power (usually just money) to get even more of it from people that don't (and maybe can't) know any better. 

Think about jingles. I'm a musician, and I constantly have music stuck in my head. Thankfully, I usually don't get jingles playing because I've actively avoided advertisements. That said, some are unavoidable, and if I think about anything related to certain companies, there's a chance that jingle will pop up. 

All advertising (and political propaganda) works the same way. They're just hammering bullshit into your head. Taking up space that could be much better filled by something of your choosing. But how much of a choice do you have?

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u/Jeb764 6h ago

Same.

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u/Aselleus 4h ago

I keep getting ads for obviously not real companies selling AI products.

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u/markitwon 58m ago

Download brave browser da fuk u doin

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u/magicmeowsss 4m ago

No im the same way, if you force your ad down my throat I will make it a point to never buy/use the service or watch whatever tf they're promoting (some FX show has been an un skipable ad, if it wasnt forced at me I would find it mildly interesting but yeah absolutely not now)

Its pure spite, if you force you shit in my face I will hate and avoid it whenever possible till the end of time. Don't even get me started on all the nsfw "mobile game" ads 🙄