Yes. Let’s all just turn it off.
Yep. We should all just stop watching.
I have stopped watching the NFL… just way too many ads.
And I do think people stop watching some youtubers. I was following this one small channel for a while, between the mid-roll ads and him trying to sell me something from some sponsor, his videos became one big infomercial. So I stopped watching.
Apparently, I wasn’t alone as his view count has gone way down.
I think the NFL is doing ok without you.
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It is… I don’t think my one person protest does a thing, other than spare my brain all of that drivel.
If there is a game, I’m really interested in I’ll listen to it on the radio. I can do something productive and still enjoy the game without all of the mind numbing (bet on sports) commercials.
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I haven’t supported the traumatic brain injury league in a long time.
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No kidding. If they really wanted to cut down on the brain injuries, they’d ban helmets and shoulder pads. Of course, there would be an uproar, because pointy-ball has developed into gladiatorial combat.
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I’ve learned to ignore TV ads, flip the channel or use the MUTE button. Mute helps a lot and can use it on Youtube. For NFL games, I simply make a note TO NEVER BUY THAT PRODUCT EVER…which is easy since it’s beer and gambling mostly. I view commercials as a pee or snack break.
Side note: league endorsed gambling is going to kick pro sports butts…just give it time.
My guess as to why ad are particularly annoying on Youtube is because you made an active, personal cboice to watch something of interest to you…instead of amass market broadcast. I stopped watching any food content on Youtube because studies show it makes you hungry (duh).
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Of course, but those food blogs / recipes also inspire. And at least if you want the dish you watched being made there’s a 30-minutes (for very quick recipe) to 3-days (if you have to shop) delay between watching and consuming. Unlike TV snack / beer ads.
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Because Google (and the content creator) apparently still has a larger income with more ads than with shorter ads. They will always try to extend the ad time until they see a reduction in income due to less people watching. I don’t understand why you are comparing it to TV
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The comparison with TV ad duration seems perfectly valid to me. Would you @honkman compare against minutes of radio ads per half hour? Or column-inches of newspaper ad space?
I watch recipe and how to videos online but not a regular thing. Mostly to get an outline of something really esoteric or long forgotten. If there’s ads, no big deal to me since it’s rare or I ignore. If I watched all the time, I might feel differently.
In any case, you could add youtube and TV adverts to taxes and death, as things you can’t avoid. Since I can’t control those things, I ignore most of it.
BTW, TV ads and internet ads run on different parameters. For TV programming there’s only so many slots and each is paid for by time. TV usually has 8 minutes of ad time, per 30 minutes. That means 16 30-second slots per 30 minutes…or any combo, as long as you pay. Internet ads have no time limits per hour, so yes, the limits will be pushed, because they can.
Around 2008, there was a major shift in advertising from TV to the internet. For one, internet ads included detailed tracking and audience analysis. TV is more throw it at the wall and see what happens. TV ad revenues took a big hit after that, except in prime time, sports and major events.
I wrote and produced TV ads for a couple of years. Very educational and soul sucking. It’s then I learned to ignore most of it. Yes, it’s brain garbage.
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I wouldn’t compare it at all - these (TV, radio, internet) are all commercial organizations who try to maximize their profit - there are mainly two ways to change it - either by some government regulation or by minimizing their profit as people don’t watch/listen anymore. These organizations will always try to push the acceptable boundaries as much as possible - people are complaining more about the internet ones because they don’t exist long enough to find out how far they can push the boundaries
Because I watch youtube on my television via my ROKU device. If I want to watch network television, I change the input to antenna (exterior).
Since both media are presented on my TV, I feel its a fair comparison.
They are not.
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I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree…
And I’m OK with that, I do enjoy hearing other opinions – food for thought!
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I would like to hear your logic trail, if you are willing to share.
In my eyes, both the network show I watch and the youtube video are Audio/Visual formats designed to entertain (or instruct) me. Neither wants me to stop watching and both have commercials designed to get me to purchase whatever the advertiser is selling. The better the entertainment, the more I’ll watch and thus the more commercials I’ll view. This increases the chance that I’ll see a particular commercial and decide I need or want that item and purchase same.
As an example, at one point in my life, I remember living just up the street from a Taco Bell. Even if I wasn’t that hungry, when I saw a Taco Bell commercial advertising some new item on the menu; I’d put my shoes on, walk down and get one (or two). Had I been reading a book and not watching (whatever show or video was on), I would not have seen the commercial, nor made the purchase.
One is on-demand (YouTube, Netflix, etc.) and the other is not (i.e. live, over-the-air (or OTA) TV).
If you don’t understand how that difference requires different ad and marketing logistics, then that’s a discussion beyond this food forum
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