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YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by mentalfist »

phildenhoff wrote: post #4

While I disagree with trying to prevent Adblock, I’m a recent convert to YouTube premium and it’s just so nice. I only tried it after using my girlfriend’s account on our TV for a bit, I was vehemently against it prior. Am I super happy about paying for YouTube? No. Is it worth ~CAD$30/mo to not worry about ads anywhere, have background playback on mobile, and support the folks I watch? Absolutely.

Protip: You should download a non-stock YouTube app to your TV instead, for instance: https://smartyoutubetv.github.io

It has YouTube premium and more, e.g. Sponsorblock, it's over all superior. And free.

Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by chii »

IcyClAyMptHe wrote: post #9
phildenhoff wrote: post #4

While I disagree with trying to prevent Adblock, I’m a recent convert to YouTube premium and it’s just so nice. I only tried it after using my girlfriend’s account on our TV for a bit, I was vehemently against it prior. Am I super happy about paying for YouTube? No. Is it worth ~CAD$30/mo to not worry about ads anywhere, have background playback on mobile, and support the folks I watch? Absolutely.

my problems are 1. it's insanely expensive for what you get, and 2. background play was a feature everyone had until google put it behind a paywall. finally, without something like sponsorblock you still end up with ads uploaded as part of the video. I can't overstate how much I despise advertising.

The revanced player is a must on android https://github.com/ReVanced

Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by aaronmdjones »

matsemann wrote: post #15
phildenhoff wrote: post #4

While I disagree with trying to prevent Adblock, I’m a recent convert to YouTube premium and it’s just so nice. I only tried it after using my girlfriend’s account on our TV for a bit, I was vehemently against it prior. Am I super happy about paying for YouTube? No. Is it worth ~CAD$30/mo to not worry about ads anywhere, have background playback on mobile, and support the folks I watch? Absolutely.

$30 a month?? No way I'd consider YT worth as much as all other streaming services combined.. Maybe I'd consider $3. Especially since even "ad free" videoes themselves now have lots of ads baked into them by the creators. Not a fan of the double dipping.

SponsorBlock skips those.

Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by thomassmith65 »

hulitu wrote: post #7
pyuser583 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. I’ll pay for quality.

There is no quality on youtube.

The terrible thing is that, buried deep under the mound of trash, somewhere among the million videos of pathetic grifters and desperate attention-seekers and supremely-confident cranks, there is quality content.

Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by _V_ »

eastbound wrote: post #14
_V_ wrote: post #6

Yeah, still not budging. They keep shoving multiple obnoxious ads every few minutes in the video. It is the same as the predatory monetization approach in the (mobile) gaming industry where authors makes the original product so awful deliberately only so they can shove subscription down your throat. Basically selling you solution for a problem they created. Screw that mentality, not paying them. And I don't mind payi…

I don’t want to give Google my credit card, because in case of any problem/litigation, they can take away my Gmail. They’ve painted themselves in a corner with routinely deleting accounts for political reasons.

Yup, that's the other part of my problem with YT/Google: No support.

If something goes wrong, you are just SOL. No recourse, nothing and nobody can really help you.

Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by Natsu »

phildenhoff wrote: post #4

While I disagree with trying to prevent Adblock, I’m a recent convert to YouTube premium and it’s just so nice. I only tried it after using my girlfriend’s account on our TV for a bit, I was vehemently against it prior. Am I super happy about paying for YouTube? No. Is it worth ~CAD$30/mo to not worry about ads anywhere, have background playback on mobile, and support the folks I watch? Absolutely.

Problem is that services like that always get more ads eventually. They just can't resist.

Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by radlad »

mentalfist wrote: post #21
phildenhoff wrote: post #4

While I disagree with trying to prevent Adblock, I’m a recent convert to YouTube premium and it’s just so nice. I only tried it after using my girlfriend’s account on our TV for a bit, I was vehemently against it prior. Am I super happy about paying for YouTube? No. Is it worth ~CAD$30/mo to not worry about ads anywhere, have background playback on mobile, and support the folks I watch? Absolutely.

Protip: You should download a non-stock YouTube app to your TV instead, for instance: https://smartyoutubetv.github.io It has YouTube premium and more, e.g. Sponsorblock, it's over all superior. And free.

I use that app for SponsorBlock - I can't live without it now.

However, I find the app's UX to be a little off-putting compared to the actual Youtube app.

Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by hedora »

phildenhoff wrote: post #4

While I disagree with trying to prevent Adblock, I’m a recent convert to YouTube premium and it’s just so nice. I only tried it after using my girlfriend’s account on our TV for a bit, I was vehemently against it prior. Am I super happy about paying for YouTube? No. Is it worth ~CAD$30/mo to not worry about ads anywhere, have background playback on mobile, and support the folks I watch? Absolutely.

I won’t pay them a cent unless doing so disables all tracking of me across their ecosystem.

Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by pyuser583 »

thomassmith65 wrote: post #24
hulitu wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no quality on youtube.

The terrible thing is that, buried deep under the mound of trash, somewhere among the million videos of pathetic grifters and desperate attention-seekers and supremely-confident cranks, there is quality content.

There some amazing lectures on YouTube

Re: YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

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Post by pseudo0 »

phildenhoff wrote: post #4

While I disagree with trying to prevent Adblock, I’m a recent convert to YouTube premium and it’s just so nice. I only tried it after using my girlfriend’s account on our TV for a bit, I was vehemently against it prior. Am I super happy about paying for YouTube? No. Is it worth ~CAD$30/mo to not worry about ads anywhere, have background playback on mobile, and support the folks I watch? Absolutely.

> and support the folks I watch?

YouTube takes a 45% cut. So out of that $30, YouTube pays a few cents for bandwidth, and takes $13.50 thanks to its dominant market position. I'd much rather watch with AdBlock and donate via Gumroad or Patreon.

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