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happybird

(5,090 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 04:31 PM Aug 2020

Ads on linked videos

For the past few weeks, I have been seeing ads across the bottom of videos. I think it’s only on Youtube videos? They can be x’d off but it’s still annoying. And the x is really small!

I don’t know if it’s related to the recent glitches? They seem to be the same ads that pop up on DU when I’m not logged in, not the usual ads that play before videos on Youtube’s site and app.








ETA: I loaded the video in the pic twice in order to get shots of two different ads. Once an ad is x’d off, another ad does not pop up.

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Ads on linked videos (Original Post) happybird Aug 2020 OP
That would be youtube inserting the ads. ManiacJoe Aug 2020 #1
AdBlock solves that problem. Ptah Aug 2020 #2

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
1. That would be youtube inserting the ads.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 07:38 PM
Aug 2020

While the video-style ads observe your ad preferences, these popup-inserts do not.

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