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Evi1Gav
Use a proper firewall and install adguardhome on it. Use brave with UBO and YouTube redux extensions. This combination gets rid of ads, gets rid of the arcade, and actually makes YouTube usable again.
OozingRabbit
I mostly watch YT on my tv, so when a video starts with a long ad, I just opt out and right back in fast until I get a 5 sec addd.
IGotTheMusicInMe425
I've had this thought about working in advertising: Not only is it a career based entirely on exploiting the flaws of the human psyche, but these days, people are actually willing to pay more of their hard-earned money just so that they do NOT have to be subjected to your body of work.
Like, I'm honestly asking the people who work in advertising, does that make you feel GOOD as an artist??
freakdiablo
I refuse to visit YT without an adblocker, and I find ways to pay my favorite creators directly. First We Feast? I bought a few packs of their hot sauces. Markiplier? Bought two tickets to his upcoming movie and support his podcast. Tasting History? I toss Max Miller a few bucks every month through Patreon.
They likely see a bigger cut, and I get extra benefits. I just bypass the middle man.
lonelyrangerofthedreams
#1 and where pirate states performs less pirate acts than USA
DerpeDimmer
#4 TV here's 1 min of unskippable ads every 3 min
relsky
#1 fewer
BurlRavenscroft
Want to watch this video where you left off? That's an ad. Want to rewind to the beginning? That's an ad. Want to block the ad you've already blocked five times? Oh, you better believe that's an ad.
CheechAndDong64
ReVanced on mobile, ublock on browser, homebrew on TV
PureTechnicality
*fewer ads
scatterscott
Best app I've found. It runs great on an nvidia shield.
https://smarttubeapp.github.io/
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
Youtube punishes you for not using adblocker. Think about it. You get ads that sneak up and shove themselves down your throat constantly.
FreePalestineAndTheWorldFromIsrael
Don't forget to adblock the fuck out of imgur too
urbancashmere
I pay for the YT premium. I have since the shutdown in the US. The ads were too much for me.
I still have to fast forward through some ads that the video maker themselves have put in... Sometimes I make sure I watch them because I know they get some revenue from time watched. I don't watch anyone too big.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
SponsorBlock will solve the "video maker themselves" part.
FrankGrenadine
Maybe a dumb question but why should a piracy site have any ads at all?
rshini
generally they're not bankrolled by mega corps so they gotta pay the serving and hosting costs somehow.
Also while many of them are hosted by collectives - either fans of specific series/genres, or anti-Copyright activists, some have more... murky origins so they don't really have an ethical qualm about not shoving questionable ads in your face.
BlueDsc
I remember I used to not block ads on youtube specifically so people I watched would get that fraction of a cent from my view. Then the ads got progressively worse, and worse, and worse, so now they're on the blocklist. If I watch someone regularly I'll throw them a month of patreon or buy something from their store. That gives them more support than ad revenue would have ever gotten out of me.
ThoseRulesArentReal
Anybody else getting the ads in Imgur that pop-up and take up the whole screen because yeah, fuck that
UserNamesArentEasy
#1 they're doing the things we used to love YouTube/Netflix/etc for. They served the customer a good product. Now it's about getting all the dollars.
NonstopRampage
Brother, take that anti-youtube sentiment straight to San Bruno, California
(YT HQ)
evilspock
Write this down and google: yt-dlp. You can use "uv" to install it.
You'll also need a javascript runtime - I like deno.
Windows, macos, linux. Doesn't matter.
From scratch, it's about 3 minutes. You'll also need to read the docs a bit.
Now you can download any video from youtube and a shitload of other video streaming sites (not Netflix sorry), no ads. Have fun.
SalmySwims
I've had an issue where youtube videos in Discord on PC play ads. I have adblockers so they don't show in a browser, but does anyone know how to fix the Discord stuff? I know I can just go to browser, but I want to be lazy
Orsoks
yea same, but idc, i just copy the link youtube until the first ' ? ' cause all after the ' ?si= ' in the link is only a tracking data, and i open it in browser where i have 0 ads.
https://youtu.be/50xaJ4Yuvso?si=6IdeCq-efmq6TXz4&t=34
keep only the '&t=xx' to start at the time you wanted like in the original link
https://youtu.be/50xaJ4Yuvso&t=34
Orsoks
or take only the core of the link and copy past it in the browser then hit enter.
even only this ' 50xaJ4Yuvso ' will link you to your video.
for the exemple from my reply above.
EMHPicardo
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
Blocked since install: 446M (56%)
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
What do you mean? There's 0 ads on YouTube and 0 ads on pirate sites.
You're doing something wrong.
darthstormer
Yes, you use ad blockers. Your trophy is in the mail.
LicensedAdHominem
Nope, it's not. It ended up in Spam.
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
Right where it belongs.
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
If you don't use an ad blocker at this point you're making an active choice to see ads. And if you're making an active choice, and are complaining about that choice, maybe you should do something about it.
LicensedAdHominem
Yes, and the tracking, malware, clutter, transfer, battery usage... it's an insane choice.
jtwood
Yeah, it really blows my mind the number of people not using ad blockers
PerthAussieMike
YouTube gets paid to show ads and they also get paid via premium subscriptions NOT to show ads. Win-win for them.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Adblock is security and safety, and to a limited degree, privacy.
ALL big-tech gets paid to ruin your safety, your security, and your privacy.
That's the whole purpose.
Snooj
I know this is a UOP but if you do something that costs money to do then you should get paid for it one way or another. If you want something as big as YouTube to be totally free no matter what then it wouldn't exist.
SavageDrums
Okay, but this is so far beyond the point of covering their costs that your comment has zero relevance to this discussion. They are stealing everything they can from you at all times, not just paying for server space and employee salaries.
CaptainScarfish
Why would Google run YouTube if they don't profit from it?
Don't get me wrong, they're shitheads, but not for monetizing their business. If you don't pay for it, you aren't the customer.
SavageDrums
Lots of people do lots of things that aren't for profit, the idea that everyone must steal every possible cent (which is what capitalism is) or they won't do it is false in its face.
Google wouldn't do it, but the open source community is vast, and were it not for the barriers put up by companies like Google, there would be video sharing sites that didn't suck.
Marikhen
Google also gets paid when they sell data based on when, where, why, and how you use, and in some regards even don't use, their site regardless of whether or not they serve ads so they can fuck off with trying to claim that YouTube needs ad revenue.
Might help their case if their Terms of Service actually explicitly said you can't use ad blockers too, but it doesn't. The closest is a section on circumventing, disabling or "otherwise interfer(ing) with any part of the Service," but even then ->
abc987
They probably break even on data harvesting but to actually split anything to creators they have to force ads. Because they dont want to share harvest money. And to pay creator 1 dollar, they will need to make 10 dollars or shareholders and leadership will shit and piss themselves after dying and exploding. So it is a medical emergency to milk ad money off users.
I hope this helped to clear somethings
Marikhen
most ad blockers prevent your computer from receiving data and don't do anything to alter how YouTube itself functions so that really doesn't apply no matter how much they want to.
Even if it did apply Google also states that use of YouTube is at your own risk and you are responsible for your safety; they are not responsible for anything that happens to you, your PC, or your dog as a result of using the site, & that pretty much makes ad blockers mandatory as they're the condoms of the internet.
Blackfinity
Firefox + uBlock Origin
WalkItOutLikeTheFlash
FlippedOut
While this works. I watched most of my YouTube on my TV.
thomn8r
I download the videos from YouTube and then import them into Plex
TheSecondPiewackit
= "Want to know why you're experiencing interruptions?"
ijustwanttoblocktagswfwargagarg
I never see this. Ublock origin and sponsorblock mean I never see ads anywhere on youtube, it's great. The worst I'll get is occasionally pages will take a few seconds to fully load because it's trying to play an ad, but that's relatively rare.
nexusjosh15
Ive been using brave for a couple years. It has a built in ad blocker.
YoureWaifuAShit
brave is based on chromium. their devs would do better forking mozilla than chrome.
thepandasbum
Duck duck go works well for me.
YoureWaifuAShit
ddg isn't a browser, it's a search engine.
thepandasbum
Not gonna tell you you're wrong, but it's downloaded as an app on my phone and is installed as my "default" browser? Are they screwing me over? It definitely is a search engine too.... But on my phone, a Samsung S25, it's showing up as my default "browser"