Scroll passed Bing’s sponsored bullshit
Ah. Still some ads then.
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t see any mention of the YouTube adblock trick, so from the vid:
Copy YouTube URL. Paste it in Bing and search. Scroll passed Bing’s sponsored bullshit and click on the thumbnail for the video you searched. It will then play, still in Bing, with no ads.
So if you’re on a work or government or w/e computer that doesn’t allow installing adblock extensions, there ya go. No downloads or anything, just YouTube and Bing.
…this is the first time I’ve ever had any interest in using Bing, lol.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
But you’re not forced to actually wait through them like on YT - you can just scroll past.
mke@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There’s a chance duckduckgo does something similar, but sadly I can’t check at the moment.
Leaving a comment so I remember to try it later—unless anyone reading is willing to do so.
Makeitstop@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It does indeed.
AEsheron@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Makes sense, it’s basically just a Bing wrapper.
stom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Why is this lengthy process preferable to using ublock on Firefox?
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It isn’t. But there are situations where that isn’t an option, like being on a work or government computer where downloading firefox or installing an extension will get you fired. When that’s the case, YouTube+Bing is a “good enough”/“better than nothing” option.
x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Invidious or viewtube are even better.
NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I run a local instance of invidious and it is…chefs kiss
x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
A local instance can still link your IP to other Google activities, so it’s not really private.
It’s better to run it in a datacenter and use your instance with a few friends afaik.
NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You mean my VPNs IP
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
are the instances always flaky and laggy just for me?
x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
YT has been combating them, so they have some trouble lately. Others might be having trouble with the increasing amount of people leaving the Google regime.
Yewtu.be seems to be always strong (although you can’t import your subs there sadly)
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
the ones i tried were already bad before the crackdown, and turned unusable for me after. includes yewtube.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I wonder if those are less likely to be blocked on networks.