55 complaints for red rooster because they have a skateboarder stealing some chicken. Fuck me.
Anyway, as someone who watches a lot of YouTube in our household, fucking Sportsbet. Nearly every YouTube ad is for Sportsbet and they clearly think they’re clever because half the time they make little mini movies with a narrative and everything.
I very very briefly worked as a mathematician for a company that assessed and then recommended slot machines for regulatory approval.
It is completely incomprehensible how anyone can work in that industry when all the regulations are to make sure companies are stealing the right amount of money from people. All I ever did there was mathematically prove that it was impossible to ever win. Gambling is obviously predatory on the face of it, but being involved directly in ensuring that process goes smoothly is about as in your face as it gets, and everyone there was just like “yeah this is cool and normal.”
Needless to say, I got out the instant I could. I only ever approved two actual machines and I’ll never stop feeling guilty about it. I don’t know how anyone who works in sports betting can live with themselves…
If only that were possible, all my work was double checked by a senior and we had to validate all the theoretical stuff with a few million runs of simulated games, and then validated again by the testing team who tests the physical machines. It was painfully rigorous, which is why I only ever did the two machines…
Orion browser + uBlock Origin + SponsorBlock on iOS
ReVanced on Android
SmartTube on Android TV
There are other options on each platform but these are just one set of examples.
Also, yes ads in general are the worst so Pi-Hole on your local network for the win.
55 complaints for red rooster because they have a skateboarder stealing some chicken. Fuck me.
Anyway, as someone who watches a lot of YouTube in our household, fucking Sportsbet. Nearly every YouTube ad is for Sportsbet and they clearly think they’re clever because half the time they make little mini movies with a narrative and everything.
Fuck gambling, and fuck advertising.
I report every single ad I see in Facebook, usually it is more entertaining than the ad and if screws up Metas algorithm.
There is no point complaining about free-to-air TV ads.
I very very briefly worked as a mathematician for a company that assessed and then recommended slot machines for regulatory approval.
It is completely incomprehensible how anyone can work in that industry when all the regulations are to make sure companies are stealing the right amount of money from people. All I ever did there was mathematically prove that it was impossible to ever win. Gambling is obviously predatory on the face of it, but being involved directly in ensuring that process goes smoothly is about as in your face as it gets, and everyone there was just like “yeah this is cool and normal.”
Needless to say, I got out the instant I could. I only ever approved two actual machines and I’ll never stop feeling guilty about it. I don’t know how anyone who works in sports betting can live with themselves…
If you do a bad enough job, it’s a very ethical thing to do. You’re much more likely to take them down from the inside.
If only that were possible, all my work was double checked by a senior and we had to validate all the theoretical stuff with a few million runs of simulated games, and then validated again by the testing team who tests the physical machines. It was painfully rigorous, which is why I only ever did the two machines…
There’s ads on YouTube?
/s but also…
Orion browser + uBlock Origin + SponsorBlock on iOS ReVanced on Android SmartTube on Android TV There are other options on each platform but these are just one set of examples.
Also, yes ads in general are the worst so Pi-Hole on your local network for the win.
I don’t know of anyway to block them on Apple TV 4K. I know some people who tried it with a pi hole but couldn’t get it to work.