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Offline dweez

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2013, 10:18:22 AM »
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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2013, 08:27:25 PM »
I'm getting an ad on every video now. I am running ad-block plus.

It's not the text overlay ads either, it's full 30 second video ads.

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2013, 08:42:29 PM »
Don't you get the option to skip after five seconds?

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2013, 04:42:12 AM »
Nope.

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2013, 10:01:01 AM »
Don't you get the option to skip after five seconds?

That's YouTube. Maybe 8ullfrog isn't talking about it?  :-\

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2013, 05:15:43 PM »
I just thought he was because I think google owns YouTube....but your right he could be talking about something else.

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2013, 06:38:13 PM »
I am talking about youtube, it does not allow me to skip after 5 seconds.

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2013, 06:41:03 PM »
Do you watch a lot of YouTube videos?

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2013, 10:20:00 PM »
I used to listen to a ukf playlist back to back, never had any problems with ads. Now I get one for every video.

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2013, 10:40:13 PM »
Oh. I don't use YouTube that much , maybe that's why I can skip after five seconds of an ad.

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2013, 02:24:38 AM »
It was only recently that I realised all the pages I view from Google searches, show as viewed on all my devices.  That's kind of neat if not a little spooky.

YouTube always allows me to skip after 5 seconds.  So far.
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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #26 on: March 20, 2013, 04:27:27 AM »
The cookie is now in their hands. In the old days you could nuke cookies by tracking them down and deleting them locally. Google for one, has realized that, and keep a copy of your google cookie on their server. This means lowered levels of privacy, as you can't just nuke it. They've made a copy.

You could try not logging in, but once you've logged in on a machine, google WILL recognize it.

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2013, 08:40:24 AM »
AdBlock Plus isn't enough.  I installed an additional add-on for this purpose and never see youtube ads now.  I don't know if you are on a Mac, I assume not.  Here's a link to one for PC
http://download.cnet.com/Block-YouTube-Ads/3000-7786_4-75742538.html

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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #28 on: March 20, 2013, 03:27:06 PM »
The cookie is now in their hands. In the old days you could nuke cookies by tracking them down and deleting them locally. Google for one, has realized that, and keep a copy of your google cookie on their server. This means lowered levels of privacy, as you can't just nuke it. They've made a copy.

You could try not logging in, but once you've logged in on a machine, google WILL recognize it.

I don't particularly mind, in fact, some things I have viewed on Screwfix and forgot to order, then show up in Ebay advertising banners etc and it obviously jolts my memory.

That's useful in my case.
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Re: Google Feedback.
« Reply #29 on: March 21, 2013, 07:27:56 AM »
Just got my first non-skippable advert on YouTube.


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