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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Beep@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/vrc-non-skip-ads-generally-available/
Comments
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Damarus@feddit.org 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
That’s what they say but not what I’m experiencing. Either way, blank screen is better than ads
athatet@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I’m not watching ads so it’s doing exactly what I want it to thank you very much.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Little do they know this is eating at people’s YouTube addiction !
Beep@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
Actually, YouTube is cracking down on adblockers.
So while you might not feel the pain now, you will eventually.
Carnelian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They’ve been “cracking down on adblockers” for over a decade
knightly@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Nah, if Youtube blocks adblockers then I’ll just waste my time elsewhere.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks 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.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
When it reaches that point I’ll stop watching YouTube. I will never feel the pain they inflict.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Cracking down just means I don’t watch the content, still not getting ads.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
The moment I’m unable to watch YouTube ad-free is the moment I never watch YouTube again.
Prox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
On your TV?
nulluser@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not the person you’re responding to, but I’m running SmartTube running on an Nvidia Shield here. Works amazing.
Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks 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.
Mac@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
I have this thing called a DisplayPort cable. So yes, uBlock origin on my TV.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Smart tube is GOATED.
djdarren@piefed.social 3 weeks 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.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Probably a fair percentage of users block þeir smart TVs from connecting to þe internet.
Quicky@piefed.social 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
There are some options on some TVs. WebOS has an app which can be sideloaded.
m3t00@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
/me chuckles in umatrix
solidsmoke@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If they just made the ads unintrusive people wouldn’t bother installing adblockers. But sure make the ads longer and see what happens.
just2look@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Also changed how ads are served so they wouldn’t be a known security issue. Intrusive or not I will block all of them until security improves.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I have said it before, and I’ll say it again.
As an IT guy I consider an adblocker an essential part of my computer security suite.
I will not reconsider until there are laws in place forcing website owners to take legal and financial responsibility for any damage sustained to my computer when visiting their site, and loading their ads.
IF the laws are changed like that, I would reconsider getting rid of my adblocker, ai still wouldn’t but I would reconsider the issue.
djdarren@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
It’s like you don’t care about stonks and shareholder value.
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I care about those things.
I want them to go down faster >:)
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Exactly, people used to love ads. They would sit down and watch hour long compilation videos of the funniest and weirdest ones. People would get hyped for shit like Old Spice and Skittles and never skip it. Even the Superbowl was less entertaining than the ads it had and that was a mainstream opinion.
It’s the exact same as the boomers who keep crowing “Why doesn’t anyone wanna work?!” but now it’s “Why doesn’t anyone want ads?!” lmao
murmelade@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Wrong. Still would.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Nah, take a look at the stats of the number of people who tried out an adblocker for the first time when Youtube attempted to ban them several months back. Streisand Effect in action.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If they made ads unobtrusive they wouldn’t be able to charge as much for them.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Back in the day it was just some stuff, like “bosch screwdrivers, 29.90” or something, now it’s attention grabbing hyper annoying crap, who can even live with that?
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
My smart tube app wasn’t working tonight so watched YouTube on the normal app. I can’t believe people live like this, it’s actually unwatchable.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Seriously bro! I got revanced on my phone and smart tube next on the tv. I legit had to think about the last time I used the official app and it was nothing but angry memories. Waking up in the middle of a, and I’m not making this up, hour plus long ad! Always auto playing some ai slop bullshit about some murder or something slightly cosmological.
I was jarred by an ad playing during LOTR on HBO just now.
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
If you run Fcast receiver on your android TV device, you can cast to it from Grayjay without ads.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s an abundance of work arounds, for certain. I’ve been using NewPipe for a year or two now.
Mostly just annoying to go through this ritual of jury rigging every new device to use basic Internet services.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
yeah. I will go to look something up that I need or want to watch, but I’m often bailing halfway through that advertisement. it’s not even worth my time
Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Okay how good is Smart Tube for ypu? I downloaded it to my family Fire TV but my mom just refuses to use it, so we watch long, loud, unbearable ads all the time. I get that there’s no algorithm to find videos, but can you import subscriptions? My mom has noticed YT never shows her a few of her subscribed channels in her recommended anymore.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It’s great. I’m pretty sure you can sign in so you get your algorithm and subscriptions. But it’s an incredible app. Infinitely better than the normal YouTube app.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
What’s the end game with YouTube? Will it eventually cut all videos and show nothing but ads?
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
The ironic part is that there was a time where I’d watch hours long compilation videos of funny ads, and even now I watch 90s nostalgia ones set to vaporwave mixes. Hell, every person and their grandmother I knew at one time watched the Superbowl “just for the ads”.
At some point, the goal of marketing shifted from “How do we keep your attention/whimsy” to “How can we force unwilling participants to comply?” Fuck that fascismo shit.
frongt@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
That’s always been the goal of marketing.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Demolition Man becoming increasingly prescient.
dellish@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ahhh, so similar to Facebook then. I don’t bother with that site either.
GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
It’s called enshittification.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Time to double down on the adblocks, then. I get it conceptually, but I still don’t understand this need for infinite growth at everyone’s expense.
Soup@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Right? If I don’t otherwise pay for the service then sure, some ads are fine. Problem is that at this point I’m seeing ads every few minutes, and if the video restarts in a weird spot and reloads funny after I reopen my laptop I might even get the same ads looping after literally two seconds of video.
Also, I was paying for the service and then they gave a fuckload of support to Israel to spread propaganda so I stopped.
mikedd@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Remember when Google was “not evil”? :(
GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Do the right thing!
TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But like all corporations once that IPO went through they abandoned any semblance of morality at the alter of obscene profit.
BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Dam ads exist ? Been on YouTube Revanced for 5 years now 😂😂🖕🖕 fuck you google.
I’d very much suggest everyone try YouTube Revanced.
Tiresia@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Though android is likely going to crack down on them before the end of the year, so new users should switch to a degoogled or open source phone OS.
Or download the videos using ytdlp, and use a cable to transfer them to your phone like it’s 2012.
BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I’m on graphene is already
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Im using 1Blocker on Safari macOS and iOS and get no ads on YouTube.
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thanks, Google. I was trying to cut down my usage of YouTube.
What are the best Fedi alternatives?
sefra1@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Peertube, but lacks content.
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If that’s the only issue, then it’s good enough.
aquovie@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
When I checked the Fedi alternatives were far-right hangouts. Part of that unfortunate “free speech absolutist” == “asshole” phase.
It’s not Fediverse but I like Nebula. It’s more like a co-op so I don’t mind paying for it at all.
moseschrute@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not fediverse, but Nebula is good
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Invidious if you don’t wanna install a bunch of software
pfr@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Grayjay, feetube, Smartube, Newpipe etc etc…
RblScmNerfHerder@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What are ‘ads’? 🤷🏼
m3t00@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
yt pops up that ‘slowdowns? read more…’ nag while i’m not watching the ad. make me feel special
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
We’ve got a business model that didn’t even exist 25 years ago, and we’re making insane money!
How can we fuck it up?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You just gotta love the headline in the article, it’s trying to sell it as a great new feature
VRC Non-Skip ads are now generally available, allowing brands to reach TV audiences with Google AI.
comrade19@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Am I bad because I pay for YouTube? I watch it so so much on different devices and also use YouTube music instead of Spotify. The paid teir hasn’t undergone enshittification yet (it always does). Thats when ill stop.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nothing is ever enough
xc2215x@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What a bad idea.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Unpopular opinion but youtube + music is good value.
But my journey here was unique.
I grew up during the era when ipods / mp3 players incentivized having personal libraries of music files. After itunes became hostile towards that I switched to Google Music which allowed you to upload music files and stream them to your devices. It was great because I had some obscure remixes and indy band albums that I’d lost the CD for years ago.Ended up paying for Google Music after a 3 month trial.
Eventually Google Music became Youtube Music and with it came Youtube Premium. Tried Spotify but it didn’t have some artists that I can’t remember now anyways. So I just kept paying for youtube music and not seeing ads on youtube.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
minorkeys@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Good thing YouTube itself is skippable.
pageflight@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I clearly need to up my adblock game. But do y’all also use PeerTube, Nebula, Curiosity Stream? Happy to vote with dollars if there’s a good candidate.
null@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
What’s the best way to avoid the ads if you can’t just block them with your router anymore?
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Y’all still on YouSlop?
Invidious gang rise up!
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m using Unhook and uO for browsers, and Freetube on PC or Newpipe on the phone.
I’m also tweaking an Android box to be able to use only Newpipe.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For everyone saying they’ll leave YT, Google knows there are nine that won’t, so they’ll keep pushing till they hit the wall where this becomes unprofitable for them.
Personally, if it ever gets to the point that I can’t avoid ads on YouTube, I will stop watching, except for the occasional tutorial that I can’t find an alternative for–so maybe, a couple of times a year.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Time to donate to Invidious I guess.
reddig33@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Pure greed.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ll check out Nebula if YouTube gets to the point where I can’t avoid ads. But, till then, I won’t pay for what I can get free, simple as. If it comes to it, and most of the producers are there that I want to see, I will pay, whereas I won’t knowingly give Google one cent. I expect, though, if Nebula gets popular enough, they too will start with ads.
atropa@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
You guys get ads ?
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
to the people who read stuff on /c/technology, likely not.
username_1@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
No, why would we? Americans maybe? They love ads, apparently…
snooggums@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
American here, I hate ads and haven’t seen any on YouTube for years. Well, other than movie trailers and stuff I chose to watch intentionally.
redlemace@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
you guys go to YT ? I wonder how and why it’s still out there. They make it so obvious they don’t want people to watch video’s there
atropa@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Only for a short break, usually with freetube, newpipe for clips, metrolist, harmony for music. Now I get my info from fedivers and RSS feeds