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[–] 42 points 3 months ago (22 children)
  • [–] 32 points 3 months ago* (11 children)

    I remember, like 15 years ago, you used to have to install a whole bunch of different extensions to filter them all out. Now it’s one extension, and it pretty much comes perfectly configured right out of the box. You don’t even need to fiddle with it.

    And I think it’s a same extension for every browser

    I’ve practically forgotten that ads exist to the point that, on the very, very rare occasion, I ever encounter one, I react like a vampire encountering sunlight

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Anything chromium (well manafest V3) needs uBlock Origin lite, otherwise it is just UBO

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    Those are all just WebKit-based browsers, which is Safari, too. UBlock Origin Lite works just as well though.

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    Yes, interesting. I see that it got forked a few years back into something called Blink. I didn’t realize that.

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

    15 years ago when I aww my first ad, I got Adblock Plus and that was it. Then I eventually moved to uBlock Origin, as you do. ABP was there from day one with YouTube ads. I was there. I seent it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    Adblock plus was pretty good, but it could leak from time to time with YouTube ads. Sometimes needed a little extra to make sure you got everything on YouTube.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

    Ok serious question. On my phone I use Firefox with ublock and don't get any ads. But on PC I use the same and it doesn't stop the ads. wtf?

    Edit: solved - I didn't have uBlock Origin set to run in private browsing, which my browser is permanently set at

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    FF with Ublock should block Youtube out of the box. Have you messed with the block-lists or other configuration?

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago

    Use a browser that doesn't suck and install uBlock Origin. Ads are for bads.

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

    yt-dlp helps, but really people need to stop using YouTube and all other Google services

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I'd love to. Are there (actual) alternates? I'm not talking about YouTube players or downloaders.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    I haven't heard much about them, but there are services like peertube, odysee, and kick. Personally I think popularizing grayjay is the first step towards dethroning YouTube since everything stays in one app it's easier to follow anyone that switches.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Just use an adblock

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago*

    On android YouTube morphe is GOAT.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    I pay for premium and have been for years

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Yup, I don't have time to mess around with blockers, and I enjoy supporting the platform that hosts the people I listen to.... Not sure why anyone wants to make life harder

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago

    I really wouldn't shame anyone for buying premium, because even if Google is the antichrist, YT is probably the website whose services I use more than any other. On the other hand though, there's really nothing hard about adblocking. It's maybe a single 30 second block out of one day and carries over anywhere you go online.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    No shame in paying for the things you use, even if you are funding Google. But when you say messing around with blockers. Are you talking about installing a single extension?

    I assume you use that extension anyway because its the only way the internet is even remotely usable

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