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    From Charlie@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 13 12:57:22 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.comp.freeware

    Do they get paid when I skip the video in Firefox that Google inserts?

    What I do the instant a video pops up is I kill the sound with a click.
    And I wait for the required five seconds or so and then click "skip."
    Then in Firefox, I click the sound button back on to watch the video.

    Of course I want the YouTube creator to make his money.
    But there's no way I'm ever going to listen to or watch an ad in Firefox.

    Only recently, I heard they don't get paid unless you watch the video.
    The video, of course, is much longer than the point at which you can skip.

    So I don't know if Google knows I tapped the "sound" button but they know I
    hit the "skip" button well before the video was scheduled to have finished.

    Does the YouTube content creator still get paid when I do that in Firefox?
    Is there a better way to not see Google-inserted advertisements in Firefox?
    Is there another free Windows program that doesn't show ads than Firefox?

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Charlie on Mon Nov 13 20:04:10 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.comp.freeware

    Charlie wrote:

    Is there a better way to not see Google-inserted advertisements in Firefox?

    If you subscribe to YouTube Premium, you don't get ads, they get paid
    anyway, if they have "baked-in" sponsor segments, I just skip those.

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  • From rdh@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 14 09:44:57 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.comp.freeware

    The creators you like won't get paid, but if you use uBlock Origin,
    Google's inserted ads do not play at all. You can also use SponsorBlock
    to automatically skip the ads that the creator inserted.

    If you feel guilty about this, check if the creators you like have a
    Patreon or other means of tipping them, and pay them yourself. Or watch
    the ads.

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  • From Joerg Walther@21:1/5 to Charlie on Tue Nov 14 17:23:37 2023
    Charlie wrote:

    What I do the instant a video pops up is I kill the sound with a click.
    And I wait for the required five seconds or so and then click "skip."
    Then in Firefox, I click the sound button back on to watch the video.

    You can also get rid of YT all ads with the following addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/

    -jw-

    --

    And now for something completely different...

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to rdh on Tue Nov 14 16:20:44 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.comp.freeware

    rdh <rdh@tilde.institute> wrote:

    The creators you like won't . . .

    Would it really kill you to quote enough of the precursor article so
    that your remarks in followup are in context? Usenet has been around for
    44 years now. How do users still not get how to post a conventional
    followup?

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  • From rdh@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Tue Nov 14 14:11:14 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.comp.freeware

    On 11/14/23 10:20, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    rdh <rdh@tilde.institute> wrote:

    The creators you like won't . . .

    Would it really kill you to quote enough of the precursor article so
    that your remarks in followup are in context? Usenet has been around for
    44 years now. How do users still not get how to post a conventional
    followup?

    All the context you needed was in the subject line. Get over it, gramps.

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