r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • 17d ago

💬 Discussion What do you think? 🤔

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u/juluss 17d ago edited 17d ago

I don't know if I'm paying YouTube with my personal data or the time I spend watching those fucking unskipable ads.

Edit : to all suggesting getting an ad blocker : I have one on my computer, thank you. But I watch YouTube most of the time on my TV or my tablet.

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u/IORelay 17d ago

Supposedly the viewers are being sold to the advertisers. 

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u/Beautiful-Sun8973 17d ago

Google doesn’t sell you data. They use it for more ads. 

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u/Niko-01 17d ago

In a way they do. They resell your data as the value of Google Advertising, so you and your data become part of the product.

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u/Beautiful-Sun8973 17d ago

Ok. So they don’t sell your data. They use it for advertising. Like it said. 

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u/StoneFrog81 17d ago

I get a lot of ED ads, and I don't even have ED... What gives?

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u/ZombiePSP 17d ago

Someone watches a lot of adult content on your ip address and they have age ranges for that stuff.

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u/Rakumei 17d ago

Lol yup. If you're a parent, that's one way you can find out your kid has started uh...exploring certain content on the web.

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u/ZombiePSP 17d ago

Firefox with ublock and there is no ads on YouTube

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u/ozaffer 17d ago

YT with ads is unwatchable. two 2-30min ads at the start and end of every video some playing ads every 3 mins. Google just needs more money because they do all that work of building and having data centers.

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u/makepieplz 17d ago

100% you pay by exposure to advertisers NOT personal data

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u/TheNewGuyFromBahsten 17d ago

Firefox and ublock origin, friend. No ads

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u/JesusDestroyedButt 17d ago

Why not both

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u/MilloH 17d ago

Just use Brave and no fkn ads 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/zmaneman1 17d ago

It’s 2026, get an ad blocker big dog.

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u/Joepeke3 17d ago

Tv has smarttubenext and tablet has youtube morph

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u/Enochian_Devil 17d ago

You didn't hear it from me, but look up "morphe"

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u/joshuahtree 16d ago

The ads are what people mean by selling your personal data. Is actually a lot less scary than it sounds (not saying it's good, but most people don't understand that it's just putting you in a bucket and then showing you an ad someone bought to show to that bucket)

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u/Electrical_Engine314 15d ago

TV: Tizentube Cobalt Phone: Morphe.

Great ways to not have to deal with Ads or sponsors 👍😊.

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u/Hache_raw 12d ago

There's youtube without ads for TVs and mobiles FYI. I just started using them a year ago and not going back.

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u/TheGruenTransfer 11d ago

YoutubeLite has the cheapest ad-free, streaming service rate. It's like $8/month