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YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

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Post by themelodyfarm »

colinmhayes wrote: post #135
impulser_ wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could just buy YouTube premium. Cancel Spotify, buy YouTube premium. Get both ad free videos and music on the same platform.

youtube premium is not a spotify replacement. Youtube is in no way built to be a music playback app.

“music playback app”?

YouTube is at least as good as the vinyl record player. It is also the sole location for countless live audio/video recordings of musical performance. It works fine as a “music playback app” and is, to emphasize, an _awesome_ and convenient resource of live music performance.

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Post by Crash0v3rid3 »

colinmhayes wrote: post #135
impulser_ wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could just buy YouTube premium. Cancel Spotify, buy YouTube premium. Get both ad free videos and music on the same platform.

youtube premium is not a spotify replacement. Youtube is in no way built to be a music playback app.

That's why every YouTube premium subscription includes YouTube music which is a decent Spotify replacement.

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Post by hlindhe »

timbit42 wrote: post #127
david38 wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Yes

Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

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Post by leotravis10 »

gaius_baltar wrote: post #64
kelnos wrote: post #9

Then 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…

> Then pay for YT Premium so you don't have ads. Nope. YT Premium only makes the problem worse by requiring you to log in using an account that is tied to your real world identity and was used for payment processing. You just end up giving more data points to Google to track you, cross-reference with other sources and shove more ads in other platforms, still get native ads, and Google can just add their own ads later…

The problem with NewPipe and yt-dlp is they can get shut down at any given time the moment they have a cease and desist and/or DMCA takedown letter much like when Vanced was shut down. They're basically living on borrowed time. It's much of a reason why NewPipe has support for other platforms such as FramaTube and Soundcloud to prepare for that inevitable scenario.

I just wish there's viable alternatives to YouTube out there but sadly there isn't any.

Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

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Post by freediver »

db48x wrote: post #3

Why 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.

Most of internet users are not tech savvy. And they overwhelmingly end up paying the "ad tax" imposed on the web.
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