YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto

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.

Ive been using adblockers, piped and other tools for so long that i dont even remember what the last time was when i saw a youtube ad.

uBlock Origin intensifies

Ublock Origin on Firefox With Sponsorblock is the answer.

Edit: Mispelling, fuck autocorrection

Youtube has ads?

I highly recommend creators to upload videos to another site as well.

Occasionally I try the YouTube watch together thing on discord with my SO, and it really shows just how completely unusable YouTube is without an ad blocker.

WHY DONT WE HAVE A MAINSTREAM ALTERNATIVE YET

FreeTube on desktop, NewPipe on droid!

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.

https://www.mrfdev.com/enhancer-for-youtube

https://sponsor.ajay.app/

AdNauseum. Not only does it block ads but it also fucks with advertisers by sending false clicks that cost them money.

I have yet to see my first ad on any youtube video.

🤷 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases

I will continue to download all my videos to avoid ads. When they break the tools in such a way that this is no longer possible, I will stop watching videos from YouTube and seek entertainment elsewhere.

Jokes on you, YouTube, my Chinese phone rolls their ads over yours!

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.

I should just read a book at this point

Finally subscribed to Nebula a few days ago. Between a third and half the creators I follow are there. I'm planning to move away from YouTube entirely, even if I can pay for premium or block ads I want to make the statement I don't support their service anymore.

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’m actually looking to start a YouTube channel, but I don’t know if I should even bother since YouTube seems to be going out of its way to try to kill itself

I'm still self hosting Invidious... Watching YouTube videos without ever visiting YouTube...

what's a youtube ad?

Oh please no, it's the reason why I switched from Chrome to Firefox when watching YouTube

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....

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.

daily motion has way better video quality and a lot less censorship.

They do get they're not dealing with a generation used to ad breaks any more, right?

https://yewtu.be/

I was using uYouPlus+ sideloaded on my phone until it broke recently, now I’ve found using Brave browser for just YouTube is the solution

when they do this shit I wonder who their target audience is.

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.

testing

Does that mean if viewing numbers plummet they won't roll it out? wink wink, nudge nudge!

How about blocking this nonsense on Xbox? Need a pi hole yes?

I just use a frontend to remove ads + Extra Privacy too

GrayJay

I have zero sympathy for people who don't use an ad blocker

I'm grateful I have a job so I can afford premium 🙏

And thus we say fare thee well - U-Toob

Revanced

youtube sucks ever since googol bought it.

revolt.

Open it via Duckduckgo, the player will show it without any ads or tracking. 👍

Hmmm maybe I'll just learn to read finally.

I'm not worried. The minute the ad blockers stop working I'll finally be able to do something else with my time.

NewPipe is my friend

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 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.

For free?!