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YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨moe90@feddit.nl⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

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  • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I haven’t seen an ad on Youtube in several years, thanks to uBlock Origin.

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    • Chivera@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Same, also revanced on Android

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      • overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ssshhh…

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      • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Or newpipe… Or pipepipe.

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      • Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I was using libre tube for a while and that broke.

        What’s the best link for revanced?

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    • benjaminb@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I find funny, that after watching YouTube for not over an hour, my ublock icon already says >1k

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    • Libra@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, close to probably 10 years for me.

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      • AJ1@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’ve been ad-free youtubing since it came out in '06 or whenever that was. It’s a shame that they disabled uBlock on Chrome, I used to really enjoy my chromebook before it became spam cancer

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    • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have seen 2 ads on Youtube in several years because Youtube revanced ad blocking didnt work twice

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    • frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Browsing YouTube like the good old dayz

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  • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hmmm maybe I’ll just learn to read finally.

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    • etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The neurolinks will patch that loophole soon.

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      • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “Please keep focused for this brief ad from our sponsor, your information handling session will resume shortly”

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    • AJ1@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve been meaning to check out this “nature” thing, or whatever it’s called. It’s basically like, just lakes and woods and the sky and all kinda weird shit like that. Supposed to be pretty cool I guess, idk

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      • Gork@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I heard the graphics are really good. And the framerates extremely high. But there are mosquitoes so it’s probably not worth it.

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      • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You mean like desktop backgrounds IRL? 🤯

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    • Sturgist@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sorry, pardon?

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      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Try it!

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    • Birch@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dunno, why learn to read, everything is already on the internet

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  • beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not worried. The minute the ad blockers stop working I’ll finally be able to do something else with my time.

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    • chelatna@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most of YouTube is already a waste of time anyways.

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      • katze@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Just like lemmy, yet we are here. Sometimes we need to waste some time.

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    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ☝️ And it works, I can confirm.

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  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Unlock Origin on Firefox With Sponsorblock is the answer.

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    • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And ReVanced on Android, SmartTubeNext on Android TV.

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      • Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think it’s back to just SmartTube. SmartTubeNext was a temporary thing to get SmartTube back on track iirc.

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      • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I like Tubular and/or Seal(a yt-dlp wrapper) on Android and don’t use a TV, but yeah, anything but the actual YouTube app is probably better.

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    • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How do you unlock origin? I have been blocking it thinking it caused the ads

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      • gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s a typo, they mean the ad blocking software uBlock Origin.

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  • frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    uBlock Origin intensifies

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    • Odelay42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They’re blocking it actively now. For me, it requires a tampermonkey script to bypass the blocker check in Firefox.

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      • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There’s some A/B testing going on, for sure. My ublock origin on Firefox has never had issues

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      • drhodl@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I have no issues on Firefox or Brave. I never see ads.

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      • bountygiver@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Whenever that happens, the heroes in the ublock team does push a new fix in a few hours.

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  • ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Youtube has ads?

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    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Only for the paying customers, apparently. Crime pays, yarrr!

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      • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Blocking ads isn’t a crime .

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  • sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Here is every single way I can think of to block YouTube ads: uBlock Origin + Firefox NewPipe on Android Libretube on Android uYou+ on iOS FreeTube on *NIX and Windows yt-dlp + mpv YouTube Revanced Invidious self hosting Piped self hosting

    And finally, last and definitely least YouTube Premium

    Donate to the creators who make content. Google does not deserve a penny of your hard earned money.

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    • Schwim@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I read that Google is rolling out some ads on premium so that might need to get removed from your list.

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      • strict0768@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I believe you’re thinking of premium lite, or whatever they call it.

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      • chinchillas@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Amazon Premium started this trend. They’re shameless.

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    • macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Then stop using youtube. It sucks ever since googol bought it. Haven’t used it since.

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      • Frenezul0_o@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That is right thinking. I admire that.

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    • qfe0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      SmartTube for Android TV devices

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      • jjlinux@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Absolutely. And they update pretty quickly when YouTube breaks something.

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    • Brumefey@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You should add Brave on iOS to the list. Never seen any ad with Brave.

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    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There’s also Pipeline for *nix (and possibly Windows, but I didn’t bother to check.)

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I second Freetube. Not a perfect app (think it’s Chromium based), but it gets the job done and they’re pretty good about updating it pretty quickly whenever YT successfully breaks it.

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  • michaelnik@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    FreeTube on desktop, NewPipe on droid!

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    • possumparty@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Firefox and ublock on desktop works just as well.

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      • ohshit604@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I would disagree, you’re still directly communicating with YouTube servers without a proxy in-between. Invidious and Piped are the proxies you need, they let you blend in with other users of their services.

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    • bigb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Smarttube on Android TV OS

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    • Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      SmartTube on streaming devices!

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    • hanke@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gratjay on desktop Grayjay on Android

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  • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    NewPipe is my friend

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    • cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The enemy of my Youtube blocker is my enemy

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    • TeutonenThrasher@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m using a 3,5 months old version of PipePipe than magically somehow still works 😀

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      • three@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The latest version works fine.

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    • alchemist2023@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      yup newpipe all the way adblocker by pihole no ads on my network 🤩

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That explains the adblocker crackdown and enshittification of paid. Funnily enough, this pattern got me to block ads.

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    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You weren’t blocking ads before?

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ive been blocking youtube ads for like a year now. But when it was like one or two minutes every 10-20 I didn’t mind watching on an app that didn’t have ad block. It got worse and I got fed up.

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      • Nindelofocho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Not the previous commenter but on mobile, a good few years ago I didnt block ads i didnt mind something skippable or a short interruption but they were just that very short and not in the way. I started going out of my way to block ads when they abused it

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I yet have to see my first ad on any youtube video.

    🤷 github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases

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    • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m around long enough to have seen them, before blockers were a thing.

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  • guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Anyone not blocking ads on YouTube needs to start blocking ads and sponsored content on YouTube.

    www.mrfdev.com/enhancer-for-youtube sponsor.ajay.app

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    • revanite@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I used enhancer but it seems the dev has stopped updating it for Firefox and only updating it for chrome.

      Moved to Tweaks for YouTube and am quite happy with it so far; seems to also have more options.

      addons.mozilla.org/en-US/…/tweaks-for-youtube/

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  • AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ive been using adblockers, piped and other tools for so long that i dont even remember what the last time was when i saw a youtube ad.

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  • atlien51@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    WHY DONT WE HAVE A MAINSTREAM ALTERNATIVE YET

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  • SilverShark@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I watch youtube on a smart TV where I don’t have a way to skip ads. I know there are ways to do it, I just never implemented.

    The experience with Youtube is getting so much worse. It used to be one ad at the start of the video. Then it was two. And now ads in the middle of the video. They are also so long! It completely breaks the narrative of the video and is so distracting.

    All of this just makes me want to watch less Youtube, which is likely not a bad thing.

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  • LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Occasionally I try the YouTube watch together thing on discord with my SO, and it really shows just how completely unusable YouTube is without an ad blocker.

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  • muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This sounds like a problem I’m too third party client to understand

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  • kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    AdNauseum. Not only does it block ads but it also fucks with advertisers by sending false clicks that cost them money.

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  • mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Again YouTube ads? What the hell are you people talking about?

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  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When ads get in the way I simply don’t watch the videos. It’s not like I ever really need to watch any particular video.

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  • Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I highly recommend creators to upload videos to another site as well.

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  • ptmb@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Finally subscribed to Nebula a few days ago. Between a third and half the creators I follow are there. I’m planning to move away from YouTube entirely, even if I can pay for premium or block ads I want to make the statement I don’t support their service anymore.

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  • lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m still self hosting Invidious… Watching YouTube videos without ever visiting YouTube…

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I will continue to download all my videos to avoid ads. When they break the tools in such a way that this is no longer possible, I will stop watching videos from YouTube and seek entertainment elsewhere.

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  • TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Jokes on you, YouTube, my Chinese phone rolls their ads over yours!

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  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Days ago I discovered vacuumtube for steam deck. It’s basically youtube with tv interface but with all the adblocks. It works wonders in game mode and even has controller support.

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  • Vari@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yall I got yt premium as a perk from my carrier and tried it out, it’s fucking AWFUL. Mostly the yt app. I get better speeds, quality and less interruptions just using brave

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  • muusemuuse@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m actually looking to start a YouTube channel, but I don’t know if I should even bother since YouTube seems to be going out of its way to try to kill itself

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  • aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    what’s a youtube ad?

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  • drhodl@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can skip or avoid ads on YouTube, so meh. What really grinds my gears though, is the stupid, fucking algorhythm, which routinely offers me videos I just recently watched, vids in languages that I can’t speak and channels/vids that I have specifically blocked. I curse YouTube daily, but will bless anyone who has a viable alternative…

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