Or just download with yt-dlp ( https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp ).
Slightly off-topic, is there an easy way to automatically stream files you've downloaded to your local machine to play on an iPhone later?
YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
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Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
#12Or just download with yt-dlp ( https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp ).
Slightly off-topic, is there an easy way to automatically stream files you've downloaded to your local machine to play on an iPhone later?
Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
#13Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
#14It doesn't look very complex, nothing a simple ublock/brave block element can't remove, at least not yet.
Yet. Twitch has some pretty hardcore ad system that even uBlock can't block straight up and you have to use a combination of tools/scripts https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions https://old.reddit.com/r/Adblock/comments/10fgy9y/twitch_adb...
TIL Twitch has ads.
Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
#15I simply download longer videos with yt-dlp and watch it offline.
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#16Can ad blockers block ads on YouTube?
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#17the people who have a blockers enabled are also the lest likely to click an ad or buy anything advertised . advertisers should want these people to not be shown ads.
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#18https://joinpeertube.org/
I wish Peertube was more usable. The UX is generally subpar (although impressive for an ActivityPub-based system). There's also the problem that hosting servers to host video is _so damn expensive_. There is literally only one Peertube instance I ever watch videos on (https://tilvids.com/) and I'm honestly considering stopping using it altogether. I'm not sure what I want out of Framasoft really, but I don't think Peertube or any similar solution becomes viable soon without socializing costs for video hosting, encoding, etc.
Peertube of course has the peer system, but I don't think my client has ever uploaded more than 100kb from any peers, it's all from the server. There's also no way that I know of to "donate" some network/storage BitTorrent style to servers I wish to support, which again means the costs are all centralized and extremely high.
Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
#19It doesn't look very complex, nothing a simple ublock/brave block element can't remove, at least not yet.
Yet. Twitch has some pretty hardcore ad system that even uBlock can't block straight up and you have to use a combination of tools/scripts https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions https://old.reddit.com/r/Adblock/comments/10fgy9y/twitch_adb...
Because they are embedded in the stream itself something I am not sure would be viable for youtube to do at their scale. For twitch, you basically have to use a proxy hosted in another country where they dont show ads to retrieve the stream links.
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#20If YouTube blocks me from watching videos because I use an ad blocker then I'll stop watching videos on YouTube. I don't care if this doesn't hurt YouTube... it will help me stop spending so much time on YouTube.
> it will help me stop spending so much time
Oh gosh, really? Don't you think you'll come back after a few weeks?
I think the bigger impact is that it'll impede new user adoption. I use an adblocker (but pay for YouTube,) and I never use sites that block me for using an adblocker.