logo looks dumb bold
YouTube’s makeover continues with redesigned mobile app, logo and more
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Re: YouTube’s makeover continues with redesigned mobile app, logo and more
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
For those who use YouTube a lot I HIGHLY recommend playing for YouTube Red. A much easier way of getting rid of the ads if you can afford $10/mth.
Unless you don't live in United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea.
A few years ago they forbid apps on the Play Store from having background playback for YouTube, in anticipation of the release of YouTube Red, which would offer it as a paid feature.
Still waiting.
Re: YouTube’s makeover continues with redesigned mobile app, logo and more
#13Also currently defeating my ad blocker. Soon youtube... I will be blocking your ads again soon... After not seeing ads for so long, actually getting an ad is insufferable - I closed the window and just didn't watch the video and set a mental note that I might go back and watch it once my ad blocker is updated. Immediately after the ad started playing was a pop-under that asked if i wanted to upgrade to youtube red. I…
For those who use YouTube a lot I HIGHLY recommend playing for YouTube Red. A much easier way of getting rid of the ads if you can afford $10/mth.
I would like to so much. Not for the comfort features (I got all of these already with mpv and youtube-dl), but for the feeling of not ripping them off when blocking ads, and in part also for the original programming (esp. Mind Field).
But, as the sibling says, Youtube Red is limited to a few countries. From what I've heard, it's not in Germany because they cannot figure out licensing with the music industry. I find this utterly stupid, because music videos is precisely the part that does not interest me at all about Red.
Re: YouTube’s makeover continues with redesigned mobile app, logo and more
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm using uBlock with quite a few extra lists and it's still working for me (Firefox).
Google has a whitelisting agreement with Adblock Plus now.
It seems to me like Youtube's video ads fall squarely within Adblock Plus's own list of unacceptable ads, under "Pre-roll video ads": https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads#not-acceptable-ad
Have they given up on the guise that this is anything other than a money-grabbing extortion scheme?
Re: YouTube’s makeover continues with redesigned mobile app, logo and more
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unless you don't live in United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea.
A few years ago they forbid apps on the Play Store from having background playback for YouTube, in anticipation of the release of YouTube Red, which would offer it as a paid feature. Still waiting.
Wait no more, just install F-Droid and NewPipe ( https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ ).
Bonus feature: it does not use the API so Youtube can not track what do you watch.
Re: YouTube’s makeover continues with redesigned mobile app, logo and more
#16Also currently defeating my ad blocker. Soon youtube... I will be blocking your ads again soon... After not seeing ads for so long, actually getting an ad is insufferable - I closed the window and just didn't watch the video and set a mental note that I might go back and watch it once my ad blocker is updated. Immediately after the ad started playing was a pop-under that asked if i wanted to upgrade to youtube red. I…
For those who use YouTube a lot I HIGHLY recommend playing for YouTube Red. A much easier way of getting rid of the ads if you can afford $10/mth.
I wish I could.
Re: YouTube’s makeover continues with redesigned mobile app, logo and more
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
A few years ago they forbid apps on the Play Store from having background playback for YouTube, in anticipation of the release of YouTube Red, which would offer it as a paid feature. Still waiting.
Wait no more, just install F-Droid and NewPipe ( https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ ). Bonus feature: it does not use the API so Youtube can not track what do you watch.
Oh neat, thank you!