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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by doodlesdev »

sundarurfriend wrote: post #24
doodlesdev wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> I don't think my client has ever uploaded more than 100kb from a video I was watching, nor has it downloaded from anyone but the server. Where is that info available?

On top of the video player hover over the "x peers" on the bottom, it will tell you how much data you downloaded, uploaded, and how much of the download came from peers or the server.

Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by wanderingmind »

SirMaster wrote: post #9
pwg wrote: post #6

Or just download with yt-dlp ( https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp ).

Why even download? You can use third party media players like MPC-BE or MPC-HC that leverage yt-dlp to stream the video into a media player without any ads of course. Yes, sometimes it makes sense to download if you want to keep the video, but to just watch just stream it via yt-dlp to a media player.

How about non windows users? Like does VLC has similar integration with yt-dlp?

Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by crtasm »

Sytten wrote: post #19
haunter wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

They're not embedded in the UK at least, you can confirm this by watching something via the Twitch plugin for Kodi which is sent video of a countdown timer instead.

Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by haunter »

Sytten wrote: post #19
haunter wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

They aren't. If you watch a stream for example with streamlink/VLC then ads looks like this when they are played https://files.catbox.moe/n7sb34.png

Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by dotancohen »

paulpauper wrote: post #17

the 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.

The people who have ad blockers installed are an extremely self-selective demographic who have taken a physical action. This type of demographic is extraordinarily valuable to sell advertising to.

Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by wnevets »

thematt wrote: post #34
wnevets wrote: post #4

On a related note as someone who uses YouTube constantly YouTube Premium is absolutely worth it.

What makes it worth it? Isn't the experience the same as just running an ad-blocker?

I don't run an adblocker on my phone, YouTube Music is included and the creators still get paid.

Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by porkbeer »

paulpauper wrote: post #17

the 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.

Bingo. I would prefer a related items list I can click on. I might not use it often, but have nevwr in my life voluntarily clicked a banner ad or link thru a video ad.

Re: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Post by M4v3R »

thematt wrote: post #34
wnevets wrote: post #4

On a related note as someone who uses YouTube constantly YouTube Premium is absolutely worth it.

What makes it worth it? Isn't the experience the same as just running an ad-blocker?

You can watch on all of your devices, even the ones where setting up an ad-blocker is non trivial or impossible.
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