I use ublock origin on desktop/mobile (Vivaldi and Kiwi) and don't see any ads, I use SmartTubeNext on my Android TV and don't see any ads, so not sure how are they unskippable, if I don't even see them
YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
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Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#122Well, that’s just great news after they completely botched HDR handling on the AppleTV client (it now flickers back and forth several times between display modes on my TV, so I miss the first queen seconds of everything).
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
The moment they mention a sponsor I hit right arrow.
i like how electroboom has a screen effect while he's doing the sponsor, so you can see where to skip very classy, more channels should do this
Marcus House shows a progress bar at the bottom of the screen during sponsored segments, so you always know when to stop skipping.
I'm a big fan of this approach.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#124If google would agree to stop tracking me and selling my data, I would be willing to stop blocking ads. As it is, I don’t see why I should pay twice.
They already don't sell your data. The other economic value that "tracking" data could have is to show you better targeted ads. But when you block the ads, that potential value is irrelevant. So you're choosing to not pay at all, "paying twice" has nothing to do with it. Not that there is anything wrong with that. You have the opportunity to take something for nothing, and seized it. But at least be honest about your…
Technically you’re right. They collect data on me and my behavior and then sell access to my screen real estate in an abstracted way. I am more than willing to pay for services in exchange for being exempted from adsense, and from being tracked and profiled across the net. But I’m going to fight back when I’m the product. Youtube premium doesn’t offer that option- they will continue to collect data on my behavior even if they don’t show me advertising, because they don’t want to make public the true nature of the exchange.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Google offers an ad-free paid experience I wonder how long that will last.
Twitch did this a few years ago. Amazon Prime used to give you ad-free viewing, but they ended that. I believe the reason was so they could grow their ad business. Likewise, If too many people buy Premium, they won't be able to sell as many ad spots. Plus, the people who actually pay for Premium probably make heavy use of YouTube. My guess is that they'll instead start increasing the price of Premium to get more peop…
They still have a site wide ad free option. It’s Twitch Turbo.
Back in the day before Amazon brought out Twitch turbo would give ad free viewing plus a few extra perks (different emotes, full RBG setting for colouring your username).
When they launch Twitch Prime (now rebranded as Prime Gaming) as a benefit for Amazon Prime they copied the feature set from Turbo and added a free subscription to a streamer of your choice. So most people swapped from Turbo to Prime.
They stopped pushing Turbo and hit its purchase page but if you looked closely enough you could find it.
But prime wasn’t really a money maker, sure it was a benefit to the viewer but it was an extremely generous offer (helped soften the blow that Amazon just brought everyone’s fav gamer streaming platform)
But yeah it was tanking ad impressions (which they have were trying to expand the ad business during this time) cause you know you know a sub token worth 5 bucks, ad free viewing and all the other benefits of Amazon prime for what 8 bucks a month. You were a fool not to swap from the existing Turbo offering to Prime, and if you didn’t have Amazon Prime but you already sub’ed to atleast one streamer a month it was only a few extra bucks a month compared to what you were already paying.
So they removed the ad free viewing from Prime gaming and started pushing Turbo again for another 9 bucks a month.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#126I have been noticing I haven't been watching youtube much lately. This will certainly be a final nail in the coffin to get me to stop watching youtube. Which I figure is a great thing. So bring this on!
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#127Then pay for YT Premium so you don't have ads. Look, I hate ads. I really do. You can pry uBlock Origin from my cold, dead fingers. But the thing is, sites and creators and whatnot still often choose ads as a way to fund the things they create. If they're pushing ads at you over a medium where you have control (there's a reason why a web browser is a "user agent"), then I think you totally have the right to choose wh…
I have YT premium. It only stops the ads in the beginning. It does nothing for the in-show ads - the sponsored stuff. I wish that was required to be flagged and skipped as well.
Does SponsorBlock work with YT Premium?
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#128Then pay for YT Premium so you don't have ads. Look, I hate ads. I really do. You can pry uBlock Origin from my cold, dead fingers. But the thing is, sites and creators and whatnot still often choose ads as a way to fund the things they create. If they're pushing ads at you over a medium where you have control (there's a reason why a web browser is a "user agent"), then I think you totally have the right to choose wh…
Adblock is free, and doesn't help YouTube make more ads.
Ublock Origin uses less resources than the collection of Adblock add-ons and doesn't permit some ads by default.
I'd also recommend SponsorBlock.
Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads
#129Why does anyone put up with ads? Install uBlock Origin → no ads. Also, if you install SponsorBlock then at least for popular videos you will probably never see an ad from a video creator either. You can even have it skip self–promotional segments (Subscribe Now!), repetitive animations and intro sequences, credits, previews, etc.
That works well on a desktop browser, but the YouTube ads are still a problem on iOS and other platforms like smart TVS, Roku or Chromecast/Google TV.
On Android you can use Firefox with Ublock Origin. I wish SponsorBlock was available though.
The NewPipe Android app is another option and there is a fork that includes SponsorBlock: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases
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#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
YouTube is mostly consumed on mobile and in their app where adblocking is more difficult.
Brave for both iOS and Android automatically blocks YouTube ads.
On Android you can also use Firefox with Ublock Origin or the NewPipe app which removes the ads. If you want SponsorBlock, there is a fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock included: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases