YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.
Oh no, the ads I block are getting even longer!?
I just purchased a new travel router that will have options for ad blocking built in. Would that block ads on any device sharing that connexion? TV, phone, PC, smart fridge,…?
Those will not block YT ads.
They’ll block ads at a DNS level, but YouTube ads are delivered directly into the video stream.
Those will not block YT ads.
This is correct
but YouTube ads are delivered directly into the video stream.
This is false
And the reason is that those ad-blockers are based on DNS block lists, and YouTube ads are served by the same servers that also serve videos.
This is my understanding as well, yeah.
this is false
So far
not unless you figured out how to adblock on youtube tv. this isn’t for desktop clients.
Who still watches YT without adblocker? It must be horrible.
People with android phones who use YouTube app.
Tubular is free and available on F-Droid.
reVanced is alive, well, good, and at this point necessary
No, Firefox with uBlock works fine!
Watching youtube in a mobile browser works, but is a completely separate form of torture
It’s not that bad if you add uBlock, Sponsorblock, DeArrow and NoYoutubeShorts.
:sweat:
Do Vanced et al even have Sponsorblock functionality?
Revanced does, that’s how I was introduced to it. And the UI is more polished than the Sponsorblock browser extension.
I buckled and just got YouTube Premium Family. Via India. For 4 bucks a month. For 6 people.
I needed a cheap music streaming service anyway.
what YouTube ads
Yeah this sucks, but do they have any alternatives? How else do they make money? Or is everyone mad because the amount of ads they show is disproportionate to the amount of ads they need to show?
No one here wants to talk about the realities of running such a massive video hosting operation.
No one is a serious competitor due to how large of a mountain it is to climb to compete. With every minute that goes by, YouTube becomes even more massive.
I feel like a decade or two (damn) ago now DailyMotion really had a chance man even Vimeo there for a min but then its like they just gave up fr.
It was kind if interesting to see people using Pornbub there for a min and it would have been cool for them to try and lean into that more with like a sfw variant of some sort (called something different) because they are probably one of the only companies that have the ability to do it honestly and even then, idk if they could really do it like YouTube does.
YouTube is the one single thing I haven’t de googled myself from.
@Skankhunt420 @paraphrand we need to build alternatives. have ideas. who is in?
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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Yes, just connect a small computer and then install Firefox with unlock origin on there.
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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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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.
I know they are trying but so far it seems the ad-blockers are winning because I’ve not noticed any interruptions or problems with comments so far.
