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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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[–] 114 points 8 months ago (33 children)

Firefox with ublock origin for desktop and mobile. Grayjay for mobile (integrates Nebula too so you can get both your feeds at once). Android TV with FCast and Smart Tube Next for your TV. Never see ads again.

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  • [–] [S] 60 points 8 months ago (19 children)

    A/B testing is showing they are going after people with ad blockers: https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-is-apparently-punishing-ad-blockers-by-hiding-comment-section-3320581/ But your specific combo seems good.

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

    They keep trying. The adblockers keep winning. I've had my fair share of videos sometimes not loading, or regularly needing to update apps to keep up with Google's latest bullshit, but the minor glitches and headaches are worth it for all the time I don't spend staring at a greyed out skip button.

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

    Wait, YouTube's idea of punishing ad-block is removing the most toxic, worthless part of the site?

    Nobody tell them. Not one fucking word. We might even get them to remove Shorts, too, if we pretend this is a bad thing.

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

    Why would I ever want to see youtube comments? Literally zero impact for me.

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

    If I want to see the comment section I use official app, and just pause the ad.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (4 children)

    I run both those and I see ads every time google breaks ublock which is monthly now. Grayjay is broken more than its not at this point and requires like 10+ tries with various ciphers.

    I think the day of these ads becoming unblockable is coming soon.

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

    Are you running Ublock on Chrome or Firefox? It works significantly better on Firefox. I've never seen an ad get through it.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Firefox. Google does AB testing so they roll out the anti adblocking changes ot some users. Its usually effective at blocking adblocker for a day or two. Sometimes i have to watch the Ad sometimes i have to sit and stare at a black screen for 15seconds.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    Smart Tube is useless for me. Takes forever to load the video and usually craps in the process. Pass.

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  • [+] -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Someone else in this thread mentioned TizenTube, that sounds like what you're looking for.

    But personally I just grabbed an Nvidia Shield. It works great and if you swap out the default launcher you'll never see a single ad on it (with the right apps). Plus the pro is beefy enough to run some decent emulators too.

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