Actually, YouTube is cracking down on adblockers.
So while you might not feel the pain now, you will eventually.
Comment on YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
laughs in uBlock Origin
Beep@lemmus.org 2 months ago
Carnelian@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They’ve been “cracking down on adblockers” for over a decade
LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
“They” have also been trying to prevent consumers/us from taking ownership of our devices and data for the last 2-decades.
… and, ya know what? It’s working.
knightly@pawb.social 2 months ago
Nah, if Youtube blocks adblockers then I’ll just waste my time elsewhere.
Salvia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same, I low key hope they do it so I’ll read more. This might be the only way. 🙃
Nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
real maybe I’ll actually go through the mountains of DVDs and blu rays in our apartment
monketman82@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There’s always a workaround…
snooggums@piefed.world 2 months ago
Firefox + uBlock Origin has worked well for years.
ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 1 month ago
++ SponsorBlock and you got chef’s kiss
m3t00@lemmy.world 2 months ago
+1 combo. privacy badger, ublock origin and umatrix for fine tuning. also a youtube specific addon. seems okay
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Because they don’t put the effort in.
Add a simple “the video isn’t served until the ad’s length has elapsed” and suddenly your only workaround is to spend 30s staring at a black screen.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Better then ads
monketman82@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Deal.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Laughs in
Txt file with favorite channels as input for a yt-dlp download script schedule. Combined with a selfhosted invidious and freetube desktop app for other then favorite videos.
Honestly I am really tired of jumping trough hoops, have to make sure yt-dlp and invidious use a proxy (cloudflare warp) or google will ban your ip for being a bot.
But having to deal with the actual YouTube site or reopening my google account is worse.
andybytes@programming.dev 2 months ago
You got that script handy?
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I wont be home till quite a few hours.
But also its general boilerplate enough an ai can help you get you one according to your own preferences.
There are also a number of examples online.
This one looks pretty interesting github.com/panchi64/auto-ytdlp
frongt@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Why not run tubearchivist or something?
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
First I hear of if but a quick scroll shows it mostly to organize an existing collection so you would still need to download.
I put them straight into jellyfin which works fine for me.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
When it reaches that point I’ll stop watching YouTube. I will never feel the pain they inflict.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 months ago
Cracking down just means I don’t watch the content, still not getting ads.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
The moment I’m unable to watch YouTube ad-free is the moment I never watch YouTube again.
Prox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
On your TV?
nulluser@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m not the person you’re responding to, but I’m running SmartTube running on an Nvidia Shield here. Works amazing.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It astonishes me that the shield is still the best of the streaming boxes after all these years.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
its still very capable, but best depends. iirc there are certain audio formats the shield doesnt support.
i personally would love a new shield using ~switch 2 soc just so i can move emulation/lower end pc onto it.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s so versatile. One of the last great products Nvidia came up with before shooting up AI crack.
Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I mean there are ways, like pihole, but I like the simple option of a really long hdmi cable that I use to plug my computer into the TV, so I never have to use any of the shitty built in TV apps.
Decq@lemmy.world 2 months ago
pihole hasn’t worked for years to block youtube ads, no?
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
You’re correct. Pihole works at the DNS level. Since YouTube hosts their ads on the same servers that host their videos, blocking the ads with DNS would also block the videos. Which I guess it technically works to block YT ads, but that’s a little like saying “set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.”
Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Honestly, I’ve not used it, I just know of it. From a quick search it looks like you’re right tho, you’d probably need to use an external device like an android box or something.
guy@piefed.social 1 month ago
What, it works for me? Put on an 8 hour video while doing chores and had ads every 5 minutes. Filled with rage I installed pihole and no more ads.
dkppunk@piefed.social 2 months ago
I would love to run a long hdmi cable from my pc to my tv, but I have rabbits and they like the spicy hay
Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Oh no, I feel that, we had an orange kitty who adored his electric spaghetti! We had to run cables through that tube conduit stuff everywhere >.<
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Look for an armored HDMI cable. They are wrapped in a steel jacket. Conduit is also an option.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
So I was watching Forrest Gump and he’s running through the jungles of Viet Nam. All of a sudden he stops running. And I know that’s not right because he hasn’t rescued “him” yet.
Turns out my jerk face rabbit chewed through the Ethernet cable.
Rabbits do love that spicy hay.
excursion22@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Yeah I unsmarted my TV and just threw Mint on an old laptop. FreeTube works great on there.
Mac@mander.xyz 1 month ago
I have this thing called a DisplayPort cable. So yes, uBlock origin on my TV.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Smart tube is GOATED.
djdarren@piefed.social 2 months ago
I have a script that takes a YT URL on my clipboard and uses yt-dlp to download it to my Jellyfin folder so I can watch on my Apple TV on The Big Telly.
Fuck adverts.
Quicky@piefed.social 1 month ago
If you’ve got a VPN, just install that on your Apple TV. Google doesn’t show ads in certain countries (the list is Googleable). That was an absolute game changer for me.
galacticbackhoe@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I haven’t tried it personally, but have heard good things:
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Get a cheap minipc or laptop and get the same adblocking options that you get on a desktop. Best of all you can just disconnect the spyware behavior of TVs when they are connected to the internet if built in TV apps is what you’ve been using to watch videos.
Sxan@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Probably a fair percentage of users block þeir smart TVs from connecting to þe internet.
Quicky@piefed.social 1 month ago
I use an Apple TV, but I assume it’s the same as any other streaming box or appropriate smart TV.
The absolute piece-of-piss way to block all YouTube ads on it is to install a VPN like Proton, choose a relevant country (easily googleable), and there will be no ads whatsoever in YouTube.
Google doesn’t serve ads on YouTube in a handful of countries.
projektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
There are some options on some TVs. WebOS has an app which can be sideloaded.
m3t00@lemmy.world 2 months ago
/me chuckles in umatrix
Damarus@feddit.org 2 months ago
Well currently they’re delaying the video start by the time it would have taken the ad to play. It’s still better than having to actually watch ads, but blockers are not in the best position right now.
Dagamant@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s what they say but not what I’m experiencing. Either way, blank screen is better than ads
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Same here. They really underestimate how much more annoying ads are
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Sports fans know well. Streams that just cut to silence instead of showing ads are so much better. Commercials just enrage me.
athatet@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I’m not watching ads so it’s doing exactly what I want it to thank you very much.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
What delay? click vid, yt asks if I want to know why my connection is slow, by the time I read that the vid plays. FF+UBO+Linux
arcine@jlai.lu 1 month ago
Little do they know this is eating at people’s YouTube addiction !