Hmmm maybe I’ll just learn to read finally.
YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto
Submitted 1 month ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
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InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 month ago
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 1 month ago
The neurolinks will patch that loophole soon.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
“Please keep focused for this brief ad from our sponsor, your information handling session will resume shortly”
AJ1@lemmy.ca 1 month 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
Gork@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I heard the graphics are really good. And the framerates extremely high. But there are mosquitoes so it’s probably not worth it.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 month ago
You mean like desktop backgrounds IRL? 🤯
Birch@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Dunno, why learn to read, everything is already on the internet
beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
I’m not worried. The minute the ad blockers stop working I’ll finally be able to do something else with my time.
chelatna@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Most of YouTube is already a waste of time anyways.
katze@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
Just like lemmy, yet we are here. Sometimes we need to waste some time.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 month ago
☝️ And it works, I can confirm.
z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Unlock Origin on Firefox With Sponsorblock is the answer.
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 month ago
And ReVanced on Android, SmartTubeNext on Android TV.
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 month ago
I think it’s back to just SmartTube. SmartTubeNext was a temporary thing to get SmartTube back on track iirc.
z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 1 month 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.
RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 month ago
How do you unlock origin? I have been blocking it thinking it caused the ads
gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
It’s a typo, they mean the ad blocking software uBlock Origin.
frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 1 month ago
uBlock Origin intensifies
Odelay42@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They’re blocking it actively now. For me, it requires a tampermonkey script to bypass the blocker check in Firefox.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
There’s some A/B testing going on, for sure. My ublock origin on Firefox has never had issues
drhodl@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have no issues on Firefox or Brave. I never see ads.
bountygiver@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Whenever that happens, the heroes in the ublock team does push a new fix in a few hours.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Youtube has ads?
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Only for the paying customers, apparently. Crime pays, yarrr!
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Blocking ads isn’t a crime .
sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month 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.
Schwim@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I read that Google is rolling out some ads on premium so that might need to get removed from your list.
strict0768@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I believe you’re thinking of premium lite, or whatever they call it.
chinchillas@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Amazon Premium started this trend. They’re shameless.
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Then stop using youtube. It sucks ever since googol bought it. Haven’t used it since.
Frenezul0_o@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That is right thinking. I admire that.
qfe0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
SmartTube for Android TV devices
jjlinux@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Absolutely. And they update pretty quickly when YouTube breaks something.
Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
You should add Brave on iOS to the list. Never seen any ad with Brave.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 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.
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 1 month ago
NewPipe is my friend
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The enemy of my Youtube blocker is my enemy
TeutonenThrasher@feddit.org 1 month ago
I’m using a 3,5 months old version of PipePipe than magically somehow still works 😀
three@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
The latest version works fine.
alchemist2023@lemmy.world 1 month ago
yup newpipe all the way adblocker by pihole no ads on my network 🤩
michaelnik@lemmy.world 1 month ago
FreeTube on desktop, NewPipe on droid!
possumparty@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Firefox and ublock on desktop works just as well.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
bigb@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Smarttube on Android TV OS
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
SmartTube on streaming devices!
hanke@feddit.nu 1 month ago
Gratjay on desktop Grayjay on Android
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That explains the adblocker crackdown and enshittification of paid. Funnily enough, this pattern got me to block ads.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
You weren’t blocking ads before?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 1 month 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
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 month ago
I yet have to see my first ad on any youtube video.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m around long enough to have seen them, before blockers were a thing.
guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Anyone not blocking ads on YouTube needs to start blocking ads and sponsored content on YouTube.
revanite@lemmy.zip 1 month 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.
atlien51@lemm.ee 1 month ago
WHY DONT WE HAVE A MAINSTREAM ALTERNATIVE YET
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 1 month 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.
SilverShark@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 1 month ago
This sounds like a problem I’m too third party client to understand
LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
AdNauseum. Not only does it block ads but it also fucks with advertisers by sending false clicks that cost them money.
mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Again YouTube ads? What the hell are you people talking about?
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
Phegan@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I highly recommend creators to upload videos to another site as well.
ptmb@lemmy.zip 1 month 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.
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 month ago
I’m still self hosting Invidious… Watching YouTube videos without ever visiting YouTube…
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month 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.
TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Jokes on you, YouTube, my Chinese phone rolls their ads over yours!
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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.
Vari@lemm.ee 1 month 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
muusemuuse@lemm.ee 1 month 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
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
what’s a youtube ad?
drhodl@lemmy.world 1 month 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…
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I haven’t seen an ad on Youtube in several years, thanks to uBlock Origin.
Chivera@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Same, also revanced on Android
overload@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Ssshhh…
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Or newpipe… Or pipepipe.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I was using libre tube for a while and that broke.
What’s the best link for revanced?
benjaminb@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I find funny, that after watching YouTube for not over an hour, my ublock icon already says >1k
Libra@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Yeah, close to probably 10 years for me.
AJ1@lemmy.ca 1 month 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
RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 month ago
I have seen 2 ads on Youtube in several years because Youtube revanced ad blocking didnt work twice
frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 1 month ago
Browsing YouTube like the good old dayz