No, your memory is not faulty: there was indeed a time when the ads were
only in-between videos on Youtube... not in the middle of them.
Which is why I use the Brave Browser (which is based on Chrome) - it blocks
all ads and trackers. Some technophiles say Brave itself tracks your
behavior, but AFAIK it's only the way many apps do - anonymized and for
bug-tracking purposes. But who knows. We're all tracked everywhere on the
web, anyway. If I have to pick my battles - and apparently in this day and
age, online, we do - then I'd rather be tracked by a browser that blocks
all the OTHER trackers and ads, then not have ads and trackers blocked at
all.
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No, your memory is not faulty: there was indeed a time when the ads were only in-between videos on Youtube... not in the middle of them.
Which is why I use the Brave Browser (which is based on Chrome) - it blocks all ads and trackers. Some technophiles say Brave itself tracks your behavior, but AFAIK it's only the way many apps do - anonymized and for bug-tracking purposes. But who knows. We're all tracked everywhere on the web, anyway. If I have to pick my battles - and apparently in this day and age, online, we do - then I'd rather be tracked by a browser that blocks all the OTHER trackers and ads, then not have ads and trackers blocked at all.