this just makes me want to cancel my subscription more
I really need to get around to doing that. It’s the one service I pay for.
YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it
Submitted 1 month ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-ad-blocker-comments-turned-off-3641167/
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mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
BlasphemousTiefling@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Just use an Invidious instance instead. It’s more private and free of ads.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Freetube is nice alternative to using youtube without an account, since things like subscriptions, playlists, history are saved locally without an account. And you can back up that data.
And with Google being behind youtube its better to avoid signing into their accounts anyways.
Also blocks ads, can download videos, sponsor block, dearrow, and block channels.
Sometimes freetube breaks and that’s when I’ll fall back to youtube with adblock om browser, but I won’t log into youtube. But, you can still use it to get your subscription feed and click on the video to launch to browser.
For mobile I use pipepipe which is a fork of newpipe with sponsorblock and channel blocking.
mark100@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Had some issues a few days ago. Then the brave army of Brave browser helped quickly. The other browsers should be ok now too with addons. I do not see any problem with videos any more. Still, the dependance on Youtube is terrible, most of the vids are there and there is no serious alternative. One day, hopefully, there will be. Maybe we need to pivot and someone should come with something very new, unrestricted, moderated by community, unstoppable and with no ads. When you do not pay or do not use add blockers, watching anything is almost impossible.
rumba@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
There are alternatives, but there’s nothing that pays and promotes like Youtube. The content creators are in it for the cash, or at the very least wouldn’t not be in it if it weren’t for the cash. They can’t even dual post their Youtube stuff because it would be parasitic to their YT income.
OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Meh. My ad blocking strategy on my phone and desktop still works fine. I use Morphe (formerly Revanced), uBlock Origin on Firefox and AdGuard on my android phone.
No ads. No problem.
Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
What is morphe? What happened to revanced?
OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 1 month ago
vane@lemmy.world 1 month ago
they vibe coded it
schwim@piefed.zip 1 month ago
I’ll be sad when I can no longer watch my subs but as they say, live by the corporate whim, die by the corporate whim.
probable_possum@leminal.space 1 month ago
It is just another turn of the enshittification downward-spiral. There have been steps before this and there will be more to come.
You can decide if you need the platform and look for alternatives - but where to? Content creators want the range and the monetization of yt. Classic lock-in.
middlemanSI@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Ok Google, free us from our sins. Clense our souls, show us the way to green grass
MrSoup@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
AdBlocker for YouTube works.
Couple days ago I had to install it on top of uBlock on friend’s pc, since the latter stopped working on YouTube. Be sure to disable uBlock on YouTube.
MonkRome@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Is there anything wrong with Nebula? Or is the issue that it acts more like a supplemental streaming service rather than a primary one? It seems like between peertube and nebula creators really could shift their user base to other systems if they worked together to bring attention to the matter as part of an organized campaign against Google.
nykula@piefed.social 1 month ago
Reading reviews on Google Maps in private browsing mode also got blocked for me.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I still haven’t seen a youtube ad in years… ho hum…
Thor_Whale@lemmus.org 1 month ago
Well if this happens to me it’s off to pipe pipe or new pipe again.
radiouser@crazypeople.online 1 month ago
PipePipe hasn’t worked for me in a minute. Maybe because I’m using a VPN? Not sure.
Somecall_metim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Freetube. Sorted.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My brave browser’s still working fine.
zerofk@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
So… just the video, no ads, no comments, no text at all? Please block it for me too, YouTube!
Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Is Noutube still working?
mark100@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I just discovered it because of your question, downloaded and it works. :)
ReallyCoolDude@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Use a vpn and albanian version of.youtube
blaggle42@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Wait, is it possible to side load on ios? can I distribute ipas directly?
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why I use Newpipe on the phone, and Freetube.
silverneedle@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Yuse MPV.
SalamenceFury@piefed.social 1 month ago
I had this happen to me. I simply disabled ublock origin’s quick filters and everything worked fine after.
rollerbang@lemmy.world 1 month ago
One way I’ve found around it is to open videos in new tabs and then they play normally. Playlists or clicking in the same tab doesn’t work. Then I just Ctrl+W the tabs to advance the “playlist”.
angband@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Wut? I just avoid u toob most of the time - problem solved. Rarely do I have a web search that would be solved by watching a video.
mx_smith@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Does yout-ube.com still work?
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Sounds like updating firefox and/or ublock will get past most of it.
Personally? I am not as opposed to google making life harder for people who want to run an adblocker, considering that is the site’s revenue (specifically the targeted ads based on user data). But I actually pay for youtube premium and have been having to refresh every video between clicking and watching it and that is just fucking stupid.
Although, it also means that shorts no longer autoplay. So when I actually want to watch a short that a channel I like put up, I only see THAT short rather than however many others before I click away.
I_Jedi@lemmy.today 1 month ago
considering that is the site’s revenue (specifically the targeted ads based on user data)
I actually pay for youtube premium
pick one
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Sorry, are you saying you want youtube to be a private site that is subscription only?
Because, if you think this is a gotcha, you probably won’t have a good time. And the site itself would die as creators would have no market to really target.
heiligerbimbam@lemmy.wtf 1 month ago
I dont care. Smarttube works as usual, I dont have any problems. I use the YT Android App to write comments… so …
jh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I’m only going to click these Articles when my adblocker actually stops working, its basically clickbait until then.
StinkyRedMan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
As usual they’re deploying it in waves. I can confirm i get no description, no comments and when watching a playlist it will play the first few seconds then it will display “content unavailable” and switch to the next video. If I disable ublock origin or if I logout everything goes back to normal.
Leg@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’ve got the same deal. YouTube in my browser is effectively useless. But there are always ways to circumvent the bullshit.