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YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads

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Re: YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads

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Post by zacmps »

dukeluke wrote: post #19
passivepinetree wrote: post #15

This article made me realize how heavily I rely on uBlock Origin. I haven't thought about youtube ads in a long time.

I kind of wish there was a way to unblock specific YouTube users from uBlock. I have a handful of entertainers that I like enough to intentionally support them by watching ads, yet I've found no simple way to do that without manually disabling uBlock for a specific video and re-enabling it afterwards.

Unfortunately because of YouTube's URL scheme I don't think it would be possible.

Re: YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads

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Post by bittercynic »

dukeluke wrote: post #19
passivepinetree wrote: post #15

This article made me realize how heavily I rely on uBlock Origin. I haven't thought about youtube ads in a long time.

I kind of wish there was a way to unblock specific YouTube users from uBlock. I have a handful of entertainers that I like enough to intentionally support them by watching ads, yet I've found no simple way to do that without manually disabling uBlock for a specific video and re-enabling it afterwards.

Many 'tubers accept donations. You could support them _and_ not damage your psyche with ads ;)

Re: YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads

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Post by deelowe »

dukeluke wrote: post #19
passivepinetree wrote: post #15

This article made me realize how heavily I rely on uBlock Origin. I haven't thought about youtube ads in a long time.

I kind of wish there was a way to unblock specific YouTube users from uBlock. I have a handful of entertainers that I like enough to intentionally support them by watching ads, yet I've found no simple way to do that without manually disabling uBlock for a specific video and re-enabling it afterwards.

Why not get red? It comes with free music streaming and eliminates all ads. It's not much at all.

Re: YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads

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Post by giancarlostoro »

pwython wrote: post #11

I wonder how long it will take before there's an actual YouTube competitor (and yea, that's not Vimeo or Vidme). Something quick and easy like imgur for video would be fantastic. That being said, this is an interesting move. Is YouTube profitable yet?

I never see ads cause of YouTube Red, and I have it because I had Google All Music Access which I think is better than all other music services I've tried.

Re: YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads

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Post by wnevets »

pwython wrote: post #11

I wonder how long it will take before there's an actual YouTube competitor (and yea, that's not Vimeo or Vidme). Something quick and easy like imgur for video would be fantastic. That being said, this is an interesting move. Is YouTube profitable yet?

>Is YouTube profitable yet?

IIRC it has been for years.

Re: YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads

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Post by makecheck »

Worse is when ad technology is prioritized and is set up more stably/reliably than the content itself. It’s one thing to sit through an ad before successfully watching something but quite another to put up with that and then see some obscure error code instead of the content you “paid” for with your ad eyeballs. I’ve had things fail 2 or 3 times, each time replaying the same ENTIRE ad without a hitch but then failing to deliver.

This is why people cry no tears when ad companies complain. If you want to stick crap in my way, the experience had better be flawless.

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Post by imglorp »

vvggff wrote: post #26
vonuebelgarten wrote: post #20

> Ads shorter than 30-seconds, including the 20-second spots, can be made unskippable. uBlock Origin will continue to serve me well.

Look, bandwidth costs money. If you don't want to see ads, just subscribe to Youtube red. Don't be an asshole.

Yeah we should probably whitelist youtube to sponsor the vids there. That's reasonable.

HOWEVER the real assholes are whoever is serving bloat and ads that will do anything to get malware onto your machine and track your every breath. This is really why we're blocking.

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Post by whatismyip »

vvggff wrote: post #26
vonuebelgarten wrote: post #20

> Ads shorter than 30-seconds, including the 20-second spots, can be made unskippable. uBlock Origin will continue to serve me well.

Look, bandwidth costs money. If you don't want to see ads, just subscribe to Youtube red. Don't be an asshole.

When it's available in my region, sure. It's coming up to 2 and a 1/2 years old and still only available in 5 countries.

Re: YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads

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Post by bpodgursky »

vonuebelgarten wrote: post #20

> Ads shorter than 30-seconds, including the 20-second spots, can be made unskippable. uBlock Origin will continue to serve me well.

Youtube has a totally reasonable subscription which hides all ads.

If you want to run adblockers on random news sites, whatever, I'm not going to argue, but there's really no excuse on youtube except "I'm a cheap shit"

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