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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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[+] 198 points 1 year ago (18 children)
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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Same, also revanced on Android

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I was using libre tube for a while and that broke.

    What's the best link for revanced?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Yeah, close to probably 10 years for me.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I've been ad-free youtubing since it came out in '06 or whenever that was. It's a shame that they disabled uBlock on Chrome, I used to really enjoy my chromebook before it became spam cancer

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    there is mv3 version of ubo here:
    https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home

    dunno how well it works on yt, though. i use dlp on a pc for the time or two a month i 'need to' look at a yt vid.

    adguard's free browser extension is also mv3 compliant (for chrome). i think the old adblockplus (disable 'acceptable ads' and ignore offer to 'upgrade' to a paid version) is, too.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "Not as well as uBlock Origin" is the answer to that.

    I got warnings to disable my ad blocker on my Chromebook recently, but did not get the same on my Linux desktop using Firefox.

    I really ought to get away from the default software on the Chromebook (Firefox via Crouton or Android or something), but it didn't work well last time I tried.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Is there support for blocking individual elements of a page in v3 version of uBlock Origin? (I won't be surprised if it lacked it). I usually block various other elements of page like useless headers/footers/comment sections on some sites I routinely visit on Firefox.

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    • [–] 57 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    uBlock Origin intensifies

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    They’re blocking it actively now. For me, it requires a tampermonkey script to bypass the blocker check in Firefox.

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    • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    NewPipe is my friend

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    • [–] 89 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Hmmm maybe I'll just learn to read finally.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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

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    • [–] 69 points 1 year 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.

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    • [–] 32 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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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    • [–] 32 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You weren't blocking ads before?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Not the previous commenter but on mobile, a good few years ago I didnt block ads i didnt mind something skippable or a short interruption but they were just that very short and not in the way. I started going out of my way to block ads when they abused it

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    • [–] 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

    Ublock Origin on Firefox With Sponsorblock is the answer.

    Edit: Mispelling, fuck autocorrection

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    And ReVanced on Android, SmartTubeNext on Android TV.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    How do you unlock origin? I have been blocking it thinking it caused the ads

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It's a typo, they mean the ad blocking software uBlock Origin.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I am already blocking origin, i was asking how i unlock it

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    • [–] 56 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Youtube has ads?

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    • [–] 24 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Hard to do if you watch directly from your TV using some dongle and don't know or can't modify your router to block ads.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    SmartTube is on AndroidTV

    Kodi can be installed through the play store, you can transfer files over smb and ftp and move the apk using it.

    You're welcome.

    Excuses:

    I use a Roku or Roku TV

    Don't, buy a $25 Android TV box from walmart.

    I use AppleTV

    Don't, buy a $25 Android TV box from walmart.

    FTP? SMB? Apk? What are these, words?!

    These terms can be searched for and learned about.

    Why not just use Kodi?

    You're ahead of the game, find a plugin pack and enjoy

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    • [–] 48 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I read that Google is rolling out some ads on premium so that might need to get removed from your list.

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    • [+] 22 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    FreeTube on desktop, NewPipe on droid!

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Firefox and ublock on desktop works just as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    I would disagree, you’re still directly communicating with YouTube servers without a proxy in-between. Invidious or Piped are the proxies you need, they let you blend in with the other users of their services making data-collection on YouTube’s part difficult.

    We need to make feeding the algorithm as difficult as possible.

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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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    • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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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    • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (4 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.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I pay for nebula, they have a lot of educational content and the price is low enough that I don't mind it

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sounds good, but if I search "microwave repair" or "improve vo2max" , it comes up with zero results.

    That's the sort of stuff we'd lose if creators don't move away from YouTube. 😟

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Thats true, I once had to repair my washing machine and I could only find 1 video about the same model and same repair. It was a large Russian man that I could not understand (this was before auto generated subtitles).

    Anyways, I just looked at the video and copied everything he did and I fixed my machine.

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    • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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