YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers
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YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers
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#2> Child is dying from choking.
YouTube search: how to stop a baby from choking
> Two 30 second ads about how important vitamins are for me to get pregnant
Meanwhile baby is dead.
Install adblocker so I can save my next eligible heir quickly.
> Next baby is choking.
Quickly open YouTube.
YouTube: you are blocked.
Now I have two dead babies but thank god I know how to get pregnant again because of those Vitamins.
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#3> Child is dying from choking. YouTube search: how to stop a baby from choking > Two 30 second ads about how important vitamins are for me to get pregnant Meanwhile baby is dead. Install adblocker so I can save my next eligible heir quickly. > Next baby is choking. Quickly open YouTube. YouTube: you are blocked. Now I have two dead babies but thank god I know how to get pregnant again because of those Vitamins.
Ad-free experience: Hey what's up child-rearing nation! I hope you're having a wonderful day! Today we're gonna be about saving your child from choking! I know right, my kid is choking, your kid is choking, it just keeps happening! They're blue in the face and gagging and you don't know what to do! *laughs* But before we get to that, I need to tell you about our sponsor, ridge wallet, fuck, skip ahead alright, that was great, now the first step is to locate your kid, if they're choking they may not be making a lot of noise so you need to look carefully. Then you need to make sure they're actually choking, are they breathing or what, maybe just holding their breaths. Then to fix the problem, well I'm gonna tell you about that but first let me give a shout out to NordVPN, you wouldn't want someone to download your IP address while you're out looking for dying kid tutorials *skip ahead* alright and what you do next is you call 911, and they'll maybe know what to do. Alright, that's it for today, don't forget to slap that like and subscribe button and next time we'll talk about what to do when your frying oil's caught fire [ominous cut to running faucet]
Re: YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers
#4YouTube premium family is best value for money for all streaming services. Just don’t waste time on adblocking, as it works reliably only on desktop.
I used ublock and it was more or less cuccessfully fighting ads on desktop, but they still were present on phone (new pipe just sucks, and I moved to iPhone anyways), iPad, Xbox and tv.
Premium removed all of them. Also gave downloads for offline viewing.
I still use sponsorblock on desktop though. And miss it a lot everywhere else.
Mandatory disclaimer. I’m Google employee but do not work for YouTube and I’m paying for premium with my own money.
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#5If they break uBO and yt-dlp, it might actually kill the platform.
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#6And 1080p quality is somehow a "premium" feature now. Could YouTube be the next platform to ditch after reddit died? At least the official clients, NewPipe is quite nice.
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#7you can use vpn to sign up to youtube premium from india or some other cheap location without strict address requirements and pay two bucks a month
Re: YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers
#8YouTube premium family is best value for money for all streaming services. Just don’t waste time on adblocking, as it works reliably only on desktop. I used ublock and it was more or less cuccessfully fighting ads on desktop, but they still were present on phone (new pipe just sucks, and I moved to iPhone anyways), iPad, Xbox and tv. Premium removed all of them. Also gave downloads for offline viewing. I still use sp…
I never watch youtube on my phone, always desktop and like you sponsorblock has become essential.
I can't bring myself to give YT money when I can address my use case for free. YT's hostile user approach also rubs me the wrong way, I can't reward that behavior
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#9> Child is dying from choking. YouTube search: how to stop a baby from choking > Two 30 second ads about how important vitamins are for me to get pregnant Meanwhile baby is dead. Install adblocker so I can save my next eligible heir quickly. > Next baby is choking. Quickly open YouTube. YouTube: you are blocked. Now I have two dead babies but thank god I know how to get pregnant again because of those Vitamins.
Ad-free experience: Hey what's up child-rearing nation! I hope you're having a wonderful day! Today we're gonna be about saving your child from choking! I know right, my kid is choking, your kid is choking, it just keeps happening! They're blue in the face and gagging and you don't know what to do! *laughs* But before we get to that, I need to tell you about our sponsor, ridge wallet, fuck, skip ahead alright, that w…
Ah yes, if i just watch the ads, google will be sincerely generous and there will be no ads in the content anymore.
If i do everything the corporations think is good for me, life will be so great :)
I am just underhanded and thats why we don't deserve good things :(
Re: YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers
#10YouTube premium family is best value for money for all streaming services. Just don’t waste time on adblocking, as it works reliably only on desktop. I used ublock and it was more or less cuccessfully fighting ads on desktop, but they still were present on phone (new pipe just sucks, and I moved to iPhone anyways), iPad, Xbox and tv. Premium removed all of them. Also gave downloads for offline viewing. I still use sp…
I use ublock on desktop and newpipe on mobile and i only see ads when i am looking at someone elses screen.