YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.
YouTube has ads?
YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto
Submitted 5 hours ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.world
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anothermember@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 6 minutes ago
I demonetized YouTube on my android platform long time ago
x00z@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
It’s so fucking funny though. I would love to pay YouTube. But I will never pay a company that abuses my data the way they do.
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Firefox with ublock origin for desktop and mobile. Grayjay for mobile (integrates Nebula too so you can get both your feeds at once). Android TV with FCast and Smart Tube Next for your TV. Never see ads again.
Auth@lemmy.world 1 minute ago
I run both those and I see ads every time google breaks ublock which is monthly now. Grayjay is broken more than its not at this point and requires like 10+ tries with various ciphers.
I think the day of these ads becoming unblockable is coming soon.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 4 hours ago
A/B testing is showing they are going after people with ad blockers: https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-is-apparently-punishing-ad-blockers-by-hiding-comment-section-3320581/ But your specific combo seems good.
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
They keep trying. The adblockers keep winning. I’ve had my fair share of videos sometimes not loading, or regularly needing to update apps to keep up with Google’s latest bullshit, but the minor glitches and headaches are worth it for all the time I don’t spend staring at a greyed out skip button.
archonet@lemy.lol 4 hours ago
Wait, YouTube’s idea of punishing ad-block is removing the most toxic, worthless part of the site?
Nobody tell them. Not one fucking word. We might even get them to remove Shorts, too, if we pretend this is a bad thing.
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Why would I ever want to see youtube comments? Literally zero impact for me.
coaxil@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
I mean, I intentionally block the comment section, but sure,
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 hours ago
Hiding comment section? Oh no! What will I do?
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Are they really threatening us with a good time? No YouTube comments is a benefit, not a punishment
Venator@lemmy.nz 4 hours ago
If I want to see the comment section I use official app, and just pause the ad.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
got anything for samsung tvs?
hogmomma@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Smart Tube is useless for me. Takes forever to load the video and usually craps in the process. Pass.
ozoned@piefed.social 1 hour ago
I recommend Peertube. There’s not much there yet, but myself and others are trying.
Also, did you know you can upload your video to Peertube and have YouTube pull it via RSS? That’s what I’m doing!
All of my stuff you’ll find on Peertube and I don’t have to do anything else to get it up on YouTube.
timeghost@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I recommend turning off the device completely when an ad starts. This not only works, but has improved my entire life.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 21 minutes ago
Or use a different front end on mobile or unlock on Firefox. I haven’t seen a YouTube as in years. Also smarttube for Android tv.
Zephorah@discuss.online 2 hours ago
We need an alternative with people on it.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 20 minutes ago
Gotta start somewhere. Get on peertube.
Hell that’s the reason I’m here and not on Reddit.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Or to come to terms with needing to pay for the services you use. YouTube has a paid option that supports the platform and creators much more.
Of course, I also upload my videos to PeerTube. Seems like the best alternative I’ve seen thus far.
anothermember@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
I get a lot of value from YouTube that I would happily pay for, and I already pay for online services that respect me but I wouldn’t pay a company that treats users like they do. It’s not the ads I have a problem with, it’s the tracking of users. They could have ads on their website that don’t track users. You can subscribe to premium and presumably they don’t show you ads, but they still track you. If they didn’t do that I would happily pay them,
darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
That used to be a fair deal. We know better now and even have a word for what will happen to us once we’re locked into the system, enshittification. Just about every subscription model eventually leads to squeezing as much as they can out of us without a corresponding increase in value.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
“unskippable” laughs in ublock/revanced
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I often entirely forget that youtube and most of the internet is plagued with ads. It’s a shock to use a family member’s phone or laptop that does not have adblock
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
The Internet is practically unusable without adblock. Rawdogging the web you get a postage stamp sized amount of content bordered by flashing ads and video ads. No fuckin thanks homie
Zotora@programming.dev 3 hours ago
slickgoat@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I set my VPN to Albania. Ads on YouTube are banned in Albania.
On the web, I be Albanian.
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Nebula is pretty good these days, I can’t remember the last time I deliberately watched something on YouTube.
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Yeah, Nebula is awesome.
devolution@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Nebula doesn’t have the reason crap I watch.
suriyuko@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
What’s nebula? Where can I find it?
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_(streaming_service)
It has a bunch of popular YouTube channels.
It doesn’t really have a recommendation engine but if you already have a bunch of creators on there it’s a cheap way to go as free.
They also have a bunch of Nebula exclusive series, like the guy who makes Not Just Bikes going to cities and trying all their transit in one day.
criss_cross@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Speedrunners unfortunately use YouTube and twitch only. So it’s pick your cancer on that front.
Soulphite@reddthat.com 4 hours ago
That’s unfortunate for the content creators. I realize that majority of their revenue comes from ads, but this is probably going to drive viewership down. The average person doesn’t have that kind of attention span anymore.
Ads are already a nuisance, making them unskippable will turn people away from the video especially if they also decide to go down the route twitch went of you having to physically be present and not minimize the ad. Creators already resort to their own product placement in their videos, which fortunately can be skimmed through. I just try to buy THEIR products to show support, if they offer.
Also, nothing makes me want a product less than intrusive annoying ads. That’s a product I would steer clear of.
ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
SponsorBlock let’s you skip a lot of product placement. Without uBlock Origin on desktop, Revanced on Android, and SmartTube on TV: I wouldn’t be watching YouTube.
deleted@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
And Unwatched for iOS.
Soulphite@reddthat.com 1 hour ago
I get what you’re saying, and these programs are great and all, but the average viewer knows fuck all about these apps or probably how to use them. Most people are turnkey users and basically vanilla. Then there are viewers that are morally conscience who think adblock might be wrong. I’m just saying overall this could knock viewership down a few pegs.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
physically be present and not minimize the ad
That’s only a problem on mobile. Desktop browsers don’t disclose the state of the window to the JavaScript API. What this means is: YouTube can tell if you switch tabs, but it can’t detect if you open another browser window in the meantime and let the ad run in the background.
TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
laughs in Invidious
Vince@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Yeah this sucks, but do they have any alternatives? How else do they make money? Or is everyone mad because the amount of ads they show is disproportionate to the amount of ads they need to show?
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
They have a literal monopoly on the service and the analytical data the sell makes more money then advertising ever could.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
No one here wants to talk about the realities of running such a massive video hosting operation.
No one is a serious competitor due to how large of a mountain it is to climb to compete. With every minute that goes by, YouTube becomes even more massive.
Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
I feel like a decade or two (damn) ago now DailyMotion really had a chance man even Vimeo there for a min but then its like they just gave up fr.
It was kind if interesting to see people using Pornbub there for a min and it would have been cool for them to try and lean into that more with like a sfw variant of some sort (called something different) because they are probably one of the only companies that have the ability to do it honestly and even then, idk if they could really do it like YouTube does.
YouTube is the one single thing I haven’t de googled myself from.
TommySoda@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I used to pay for premium a couple years ago because I still wanted to support the creators I watched, but ever since they started implementing AI everywhere and stealing peoples videos for training data I figured Google doesn’t deserve my money no matter how small. I’d much rather watch with uBlock and spend that $20 I used to spend on YouTube Premium on the various YouTubers Patreons.
Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
You know that’s not a bad idea at all I think the cut is better for them that way too they probably make significantly more for an individuals watch time from a donation on Patreon vs that person watching their video once or twice.
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
artyom@piefed.social 4 hours ago
Oh no, the ads I don’t watch are getting even longer!?
Ghostie@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
I don’t want to upvote this because at the time of this comment its 69, which I the correct amount of upvotes. But I do think this is funny.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
I’m just imagining how spammy it would be to see this reply on every comment that has more than 69 upvotes.
Yup. At one point that number was 69 in order to get to where it is now. Good job.
Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
I just purchased a new travel router that will have options for ad blocking built in. Would that block ads on any device sharing that connexion? TV, phone, PC, smart fridge,…?
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Those will not block YT ads.
They’ll block ads at a DNS level, but YouTube ads are delivered in video stream.
artyom@piefed.social 3 hours ago
Depends on how they’re served but mostly, yes
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 hours ago
Honestly, it varies. Businesses are starting to get wise to DNS adblockers, and are serving more ads from their primary domain (this is part of why you can’t block YouTube ads with a DNS blocker anymore - you can’t block them at the DNS level without blocking all of YouTube).
You’ll see a noticeable downtick in phone ads from web browsing and ad-sponsored games, but something like a TV or fridge will probably be unaffected because the ads will be served directly from the same host as the content. You’ll see fewer ads but far from zero.
Also why are you connecting your smart fridge to a travel router? Do you travel with a smart fridge?
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Not youtube ads, sadly, if they are blocking based on domain names. For YouTube, you can use pipepipe, which do block ads as far as I have seen.