Youtube has been great for so many different types of videos. I can’t tell you how many “how-to” videos have saved my butt when something needed fixin’. The entertainment of dash cam videos, Dude Perfect trick shots, fail videos. Football highlights. Baseball breakdowns by Jomboy Media. There’s just too much to even list for all the stuff we can watch.
But this is where it gets crazy. I think there’s something sinister going on here. First, they ask you 73 times a day if you want to pay for YouTube Premium even if you’ve already said no 72 times. Then they give the ol’ double whammy, a gut punch with the ads they interrupt you with, you know, since you won’t subscribe to the ad-free version. Sometimes they make you sit through all 15 or 30 seconds worth. Other times they give you an option to skip after 5 seconds. But I couldn’t help but document the ad that showed up last time I was watching something. Here’s a pic, do you see what I see?
Someone somewhere is laughing at us (and counting their money) because we’re distracted and this ad has been playing for 27 minutes! The idea of a 42-minute-long commercial is absurd. It’s almost enough to make me subscribe to YouTube Premium.
Almost.
But YouTube… today is not that day. Try harder next time.
-Out of the Wilderness
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