I just downloaded an extension that changes my user agent every 60 seconds. I made sure to deselect everything but Firefox. It’s been working for me so far.
YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker
Submitted 1 year ago by TangledHyphae@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-warns-worse-viewing-experience-ad-blocker-2023-11
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NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 1 year ago
NightOwl@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Freetube I found to be easier since I haven’t needed to do any tinkering since I got it, and plus side has been not needing an account to have a personal subscription feed.
NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 1 year ago
I’ll check it out once I get home.
ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.social 1 year ago
Companion1666@lemmy.world 1 year ago
it’s all fun and games until youtube builds a wall for unregistered users… ggwp
netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Just like Twitter…
bitwolf@lemmy.one 1 year ago
YouTube is one of those sites that are so powerful.
Could they not just show less frequent ads but charge more for the advertising space? Surely they get decent click rates on their ads compared to the average web sites.
EightLeggedFreak@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In that case their corporate buddies will lose precious profits. Instead, they try to wring the consumers dry.
Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I am sorry but I don’t have the money to pay for YouTube premium :( so I guess it’s a goodbye for me Youtube!
elscallr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
red@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I noticed it’s too slow these days
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
YouTube appeared to confirm reports that people with ad-blockers installed were experiencing a multi-second delay before being able to watch a video.
The Android-based news website Android Authority reported that people who weren’t using Chrome noticed the delays, citing Reddit users who said they’ve experienced this delay while using browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
“In the past week, users using ad blockers may have experienced suboptimal viewing, which included delays in loading, regardless of the browser they are using.
Users who have uninstalled their ad blockers may still experience a temporary delay in loading, and should try refreshing their browser,” a YouTube spokesperson told Business Insider.
In June 2023, it began preventing users with ad blockers turned on from watching videos and reportedly experimented with pop-up warnings.
More recently, X users began complaining and sharing screenshots of YouTube pop-ups warning them to not use ad blockers.
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Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 year ago
I’ll just take a piss break when an ad comes on, then
loobkoob@kbin.social 1 year ago
I don't know about you, but I'm definitely not hydrated enough to take a piss break every five minutes!
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 1 year ago
lol fuck outta here. Goog is creating a market for competition.
MudMan@kbin.social 1 year ago
Unfortunately if we've learned anything from Twitter and Reddit is that captive audiences are suuuuper captive.
But they're not doing any favors to the goal of stopping the bleeding towards TikTok that would have happened anyway, that's for sure.
Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
And yet- Everyone will continue to bitch about this while NO ONE will do the right thing and just stop using the service.
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Part of the problem is there are effectively no alternatives to YouTube. The other options are either just front-ends or completely lack enough creators to have the enormous wealth of videos and information.
Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
No alternatives is no excuse to support this shit from them. Period.
Don’t like it, leave. Don’t leave? Learn to like it. Because they’re not changing things.