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YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[+] -15 points 8 months ago (8 children)

I'll start paying for YT before I ever start watching ads. I won't as long as I don't have to, but the second they finally figure this out, I'm subscribing.

It's well worth the money considering how much I use it and for how long I've used it for free. It's honestly one of the few streaming services actually worth paying for.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Does premium also block sponsors? Because if not, YouTube would still be unusable without an adblocker.

    Granted, YouTube would probably be the hardest service for me to walk away from. Even without the entertainment aspect. How-tos on car repair and building projects etc are quite valuable.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    If, when the ad read starts, you double-tap to fast forward, a little skip button will pop up which allows you to skip the sponsored section.

    With a browser addon you can skip automatically without Premium. It doesn't work with very fresh videos though, because they need time for the timestamps to get added into the database.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I'm in agreement with this, I'm mostly a content thief, because my use is so extremely limited it simply cannot justify paying any even more than a dollar for any service.

    But when it comes to youtube, I get most of my scientific education there, all of the developments in astrophysics and sciences are there. I think I'd go bonkers without it, and yeah, I am not going to be watching no motherfucking ads.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    But when it comes to youtube, I get most of my scientific education there, all of the developments in astrophysics and sciences are there. I think I’d go bonkers without it,

    It's hard to tell on the internet; is this sarcasm?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    There is a TON of educational content on YouTube. You can spend all day watching nothing but documentaries and classroom-style lectures/tutorials if you want. I would prefer to not use a Google service, but the actual content-creators include some wonderful people.

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