Gammon Vision!
I think my epiphany moment on digital advertising was when FaceBook cheefully showed me an adverts for Nigel Farage talking about Brexit with Christopher Biggins on GBfuckingNews. This was a couple of years ago but how the fuck the algorithm came to the conclusion that this was something I was interested in was a mystery.
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 15:44,
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YouTube's ad algorithm continually tries to hawk his investments to me
I've come to the conclusion it's trolling me.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 15:59,
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I keep getting that bald 'Top 5 Mattresses' cunt.
Every, fucking, video. I'm convinced YouTube are making their advertising as irritating as possible in order to make you crumble and sign up for a paid account. Fuck that.
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What the fuck are adverts?
Firefox + Adblock. Job done.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 16:15,
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So don't use the app. YouTube works just fine in Firefox on mobile.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 17:02,
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this
Lots of apps only exist to circumvent ad blockers
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simbosan is too tired, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 18:47,
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Fuck the youtube app.
Also fuck the m.youtube shit. Desktop site FTW.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 19:09,
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the youtube mobile app doesn't do the one thing I want it to do, and that's keep playing audio when I have another app open
plenty of other apps do. my podcast app does. fuck the youtube app
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 10 Mar 2023, 4:57,
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One of my main gripes with YT.
'You WILL watch the ads'.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Fri 10 Mar 2023, 19:21,
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If using Android
Firefox mobile app
+ uBlock Origin
+ open YouTube in Desktop mode
= play music with the screen off
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Richcolour Rock to the Future Shock, Fri 10 Mar 2023, 21:28,
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If on Android,
give the NewPipe app a go.
Haven't seen ads on the YT website for years, though, thanks to uBlock Origin...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 21:47,
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Oh Christ, I used to get those
I mean, what kind of a mental twatjob would you have to be to put your money in somethign like that?
I also got an advert where Farage popped up saying that for a fee he'd record a personalised message for mothers' day. I told my mum who replied with "you'd be written out of my will before the end of the message."
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 16:43,
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Facebook keeps trying to sell
me a t-shirt of a bear in a hat going for a jog.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 16:06,
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Pfft
I should post that in the comments to see if they block me.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 9 Mar 2023, 19:08,
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I had that epiphany in 2014, in the build-up to the Scottish independence referendum
when FB simultaneously suggested I might like a pro-independence page and a pro-union page. Not exactly subtle. It kept suggesting both types right up to the vote. I didn't click any of them.
My favourite was "Great Britain is under attack by Separatists!"
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