No Google, I will not download Chrome to any of my devices, even if you show me this ad in front of EVERY YouTube Video I watch.
There are way better alternatives that respect my privacy like @brave; @librewolf or Safari

(Additionally every browser uses the same browser engine on IOS)

    • Lukas MüllerOP
      1•1 year ago

      @mirko @brave @librewolf Yes, I actually use an IPhone for which there is neither Librewolf nor alternative YouTube clients (except maybe sideloading?!).

      So I use Brave and Orion as browsers. But I’m not really a fan of watching YouTube on my phone via the browser, so I have to watch the ads unfortunately

    • @stopit
      1•1 year ago

      Safari is bad, and doesn’t allow extensions which makes it worse…but I was reading that Gnome Web (previously Epiphany) which uses Webkit also, will soon allow extensions (such as ad blockers, etc) I’m not saying this will make me leave LibreWolf, but, I believe we need more “major” browsers out there especially as we seem to be going towards a blink “chromium” only future.

  • @JackFromWisconsin@midwest.socialEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Desperate. Google advertising needs to be recognized as the monopoly that it is and dissolved. One company should not have so much control over what you see.

  • @m3tam3re
    2•1 year ago

    The chrome ads on youtube are really annoying.

    • Sam
      2•1 year ago

      It’s not quite as slick as NewPipe, but for iOS you can use Invidious or Piped.

  • @k_o_t
    1•1 year ago

    some ppl will, that’s how advertising works lol

    • Lukas MüllerOP
      1•1 year ago

      @k_o_t I am aware of how marketing works. However, at some point the ad network should react to the fact that no interaction follows from me and display something else. I can’t hear the ad and especially the phrase “There is no place like Chrome” anymore, especially because every major browser has the same features as shown in the ad and I literally heard it 300 times in the last 2-3 weeks