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YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 198 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I haven't seen an ad on Youtube in several years, thanks to uBlock Origin.

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Same, also revanced on Android

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[–] benjaminb@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 month ago

I find funny, that after watching YouTube for not over an hour, my ublock icon already says >1k

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[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 93 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Hmmm maybe I'll just learn to read finally.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The neurolinks will patch that loophole soon.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 month ago

"Please keep focused for this brief ad from our sponsor, your information handling session will resume shortly"

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've been meaning to check out this "nature" thing, or whatever it's called. It's basically like, just lakes and woods and the sky and all kinda weird shit like that. Supposed to be pretty cool I guess, idk

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

I heard the graphics are really good. And the framerates extremely high. But there are mosquitoes so it's probably not worth it.

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[–] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 75 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] chelatna@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most of YouTube is already a waste of time anyways.

[–] katze@lemmy.cafe 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Just like lemmy, yet here we are. Sometimes we need to waste some time.

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[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 67 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

Ublock Origin on Firefox With Sponsorblock is the answer.

Edit: Mispelling, fuck autocorrection

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

And ReVanced on Android, SmartTubeNext on Android TV.

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[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 58 points 1 month ago (5 children)

uBlock Origin intensifies

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Youtube has ads?

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only for the paying customers, apparently. Crime pays, yarrr!

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Blocking ads isn't a crime .

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[–] sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

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.

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago (4 children)

NewPipe is my friend

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[–] michaelnik@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (4 children)

FreeTube on desktop, NewPipe on droid!

[–] bigb@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Smarttube on Android TV OS

[–] possumparty@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Firefox and ublock on desktop works just as well.

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[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

SmartTube on streaming devices!

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That explains the adblocker crackdown and enshittification of paid. Funnily enough, this pattern got me to block ads.

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[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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/

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

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

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[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago (11 children)

WHY DONT WE HAVE A MAINSTREAM ALTERNATIVE YET

[–] amorangi@lemmy.nz 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

By operating youtube at a loss for many years Google acted anticompetitively to kill competition or stop competition arising. Now that they've achieved that they can do what they like. Don't feel bad using ad blockers against this anti-capitalist company.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Final stage of enshittification, now they are allowing more right wing propaganda than normal on the channel

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Hosting and storage costs, few can afford to be an alternative to an absolutely gigantic video storage platform that costs obscene money to maintain.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 22 points 1 month ago

This sounds like a problem I'm too third party client to understand

[–] LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] SilverShark@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (13 children)

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.

[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I hope I can be the motivation you need with these super simple steps (will take a few minutes).

https://smarttubenext.com/android-tv-box/

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Again YouTube ads? What the hell are you people talking about?

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

When ads get in the way I simply don't watch the videos. It's not like anybody ever really needs to watch any particular video.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Educational content is hard to come by outside of YouTube, so it would suck to have to avoid watching those videos because of ads.

But I'll do what I have to do in order to avoid ads for as long as possible. And I'll archive important content in the meantime.

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

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[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] ptmb@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Vari@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

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

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