YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto
YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto
YouTube is testing a series of new unskippable 30-second ads that will appear far more often for viewers.
Jokes on you, YouTube, my Chinese phone rolls their ads over yours!
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
I should just read a book at this point
what's a youtube ad?
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, "current" affairs stories that are years old, and channels/vids that I have specifically blocked. I curse YouTube daily, but will bless anyone who has a viable alternative....
Oh please no, it's the reason why I switched from Chrome to Firefox when watching YouTube
I just use a frontend to remove ads + Extra Privacy too
Open it via Duckduckgo, the player will show it without any ads or tracking. 👍
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.
That explains the adblocker crackdown and enshittification of paid. Funnily enough, this pattern got me to block ads.
Anyone not blocking ads on YouTube needs to start blocking ads and sponsored content on YouTube.
I have yet to see my first ad on any youtube video.
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.
AdNauseum. Not only does it block ads but it also fucks with advertisers by sending false clicks that cost them money.
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.
If they circumvent uBlock, then PeerTube, here I come
Just means I will find something else to watch. I’d pay for ad-free YouTube if it didn’t cost as much as HBO.
I seem to have the right stuff on my laptop, but not on my phone. When I play escape games on the phone I occasionally need a walkthrough video, so I'm switching between 3 apps: the game, my notes (a paint app) and the video. Walkthrough videos typically have an ad at the beginning and maybe one in the middle, and I don't mind watching 15-30 seconds of ads for the YouTuber's work.
This used to be pretty seamless, but a couple weeks ago something changed. When switching back to YouTube, it would not return me to the video but to the home screen. I have to go to "You" to get the video I was just watching, and when I click it it plays the ads again, then jumps to where I left off. So now every time I switch away I have to view an ads again when I switch back, which really sucks balls. I don't think the phone is running out of memory since other apps I have open switch right back to where they left off. So I'd love to get something that will skip all that.
And thus we say fare thee well - U-Toob
I use SmartTube on my Nvidia Shield TV box and don't ever deal with any ads. It's appalling whenever I have to use vanilla YouTube for anything.
I have zero sympathy for people who don't use an ad blocker
revolt.
For free?!