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Jonnyprophet@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

YouTube ads have ruined the good, old-fashioned Rick Roll.

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YouTube ads have ruined the good, old-fashioned Rick Roll.

Jonnyprophet@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months ago
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  • joyjoy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Rick Roll is only effective on people using ad blockers

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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      Given that ad block users are usually tech savvy and have been around the net a while: We already know the URL and can detect Rick Rolls before clicking on shit.

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        8 months ago

        I have an ad blocker and I tend to recognise the link, but even when I do, I ~choose to click on it for the fun of it.😌

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          Yeah if I get a hunch that the link I’m clicking is a Rick roll, I’m disappointed if it’s not

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          8 months ago

          I mean, the song is a banger

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You aren’t doing youtube correctly.

    PC: firefox + ublock origin, freetube

    Mobile: revanced, newpipe

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      How does one Rick roll people who don’t do YouTube correctly, which is most everyone?

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      7 months ago

      For iOS, since there’s no easy app based method to block YouTube ads: fire up a VPN connection to Albania. Streaming ads are illegal in Albania.

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    If you’re seeing ads on YouTube, you’re doing it wrong.

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