Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by jtietema » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 1:54 AM UTC

tommoor wrote: post #2

Have you recently done a Premium trial? I feel like they show you more ads after the trial of ad-free expires

I have and have noticed this as well. After the trail it seems the ads are excessive.

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by ninenines » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 1:54 AM UTC

khaledh wrote: post #13

vptr wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have ad blocker. I block all ads at the DNS level. I don't think you can block some of the ads on YT. Is that possible with browser plugins?

I use uBlock Origin and I never see a single ad on YouTube. This is for my laptop though; I still haven't figured a decent solution for my phone.

Bookmarklet can help

video.currentTime = video.duration

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by sitzkrieg » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 1:55 AM UTC

yea around when they unconditionally started showing ads in all videos, it seems they always end up with 3 or 4 minimum too. awful really

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by londons_explore » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 2:00 AM UTC

dangwu wrote: post #18

joelwilliamson wrote: post #7

Just use an adblocker. The only time I see see ads on YouTube are when I'm using someone else's browser.

A lot of people watch YouTube using their smart TVs.

Alternate/hacked YouTube apps exist that you can install on your TV that won't show ads...

Also, if you cast stuff to the TV, you only need a modded version of YouTube on your phone - you don't need to make any changes to the TV.

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by zeristor » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 2:01 AM UTC

dangwu wrote: post #18

joelwilliamson wrote: post #7

Just use an adblocker. The only time I see see ads on YouTube are when I'm using someone else's browser.

A lot of people watch YouTube using their smart TVs.

Yes, not so smart now…

Edit: However I do marvel at the infrastructure in place to support this, even at scale it can’t be cheap.

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 2:01 AM UTC

dangwu wrote: post #18

joelwilliamson wrote: post #7

Just use an adblocker. The only time I see see ads on YouTube are when I'm using someone else's browser.

A lot of people watch YouTube using their smart TVs.

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Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 2:02 AM UTC

https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 2:02 AM UTC

londons_explore wrote: post #24

dangwu wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of people watch YouTube using their smart TVs.

Alternate/hacked YouTube apps exist that you can install on your TV that won't show ads... Also, if you cast stuff to the TV, you only need a modded version of YouTube on your phone - you don't need to make any changes to the TV.

Newpipe on Shield TV.

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by des429 » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 2:02 AM UTC

It's a company trying to make a profit. Why is this on the front page?

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by bin_bash » Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 2:02 AM UTC

dangwu wrote: post #18

joelwilliamson wrote: post #7

Just use an adblocker. The only time I see see ads on YouTube are when I'm using someone else's browser.

A lot of people watch YouTube using their smart TVs.

or their phones