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Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

#121

Post by ge96 » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:41 PM UTC

arccy wrote: post #120

ge96 wrote: post #116

If adblock stopped working I would leave, which is interesting to me as I wonder what I'd do with my new time. Funny I make YT videos too trying to build an audience, I'd like to not put ads on it but not my choice I don't understand how people can just accept ads it drives me insane when some random shit starts playing I already lost money with YT, I bought so many UHD movies on their platform ($20 ea) and they won'…

"I want free hosting and an audience but I don't want to pay for it"

Yeah I get if that's why I said it

I do pay for it, the time to make the content

Sucks how everything is like that nowadays, IG, Reddit

(have to join a platform to be seen)

Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

#122

Post by ronsor » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:43 PM UTC

Madmallard wrote: post #109

thangalin wrote: post #100

Mostly stolen from elsewhere: ! Stop sites from prompting to sign into Google account ||accounts.google.com/gsi/*$xhr,script,3p ! Stop annoying reels from littering friend feeds www.facebook.com##[aria-label="reel"]:upward(2) youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element-show youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.proto…

Is this something to put in host file? What is this

uBlock filters

Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

#123

Post by spuz » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:44 PM UTC

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #112

tmaly wrote: post #94

The number of ads they run reminds me of the good old days where half of the TV show time was commercials.

It's worse, because at least cable commercials can be skipped.

Cable commercials can be skipped?

Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

#124

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:46 PM UTC

ge96 wrote: post #121

arccy wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I want free hosting and an audience but I don't want to pay for it"

Yeah I get if that's why I said it I do pay for it, the time to make the content Sucks how everything is like that nowadays, IG, Reddit (have to join a platform to be seen)

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Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

#125

Post by arccy » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:47 PM UTC

magicalhippo wrote: post #2

I get they want to work against ad blockers, but as a Premium member I really wish there was an easy way to watch a video without it polluting my history or recommendations. I don't want to watch ads just due to that.

I just have a different tab with the history page open to pause / resume history you don't even need to refresh the page you use to play videos

Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

#126

Post by Belopolye » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:48 PM UTC

southernplaces7 wrote: post #108

If YouTube's ads were like the TV ads of olden days, they might even be marginally tolerable. They're not however. In my experience, they not only deliberately increase volume to pretty much screech whatever insipid bullshit is being offered at you, but they also can sometimes run for dozens of minutes unless you manually go to your device and press "skip". TV ads never did these sorts of utterly shitty, tedious thin…

> TV ads never did these sorts of utterly shitty, tedious things.

Until the CALM Act was passed in 2010, networks actually did increase the volume on advertisements.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Advertisement_Loudn...

Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

#127

Post by markus_zhang » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:49 PM UTC

arccy wrote: post #120

ge96 wrote: post #116

If adblock stopped working I would leave, which is interesting to me as I wonder what I'd do with my new time. Funny I make YT videos too trying to build an audience, I'd like to not put ads on it but not my choice I don't understand how people can just accept ads it drives me insane when some random shit starts playing I already lost money with YT, I bought so many UHD movies on their platform ($20 ea) and they won'…

"I want free hosting and an audience but I don't want to pay for it"

Well, no one pushes YouTube to give free services right? Come on, make us pay for it! See what happens.

Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

#128

Post by JumpCrisscross » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:51 PM UTC

markus_zhang wrote: post #127

arccy wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I want free hosting and an audience but I don't want to pay for it"

Well, no one pushes YouTube to give free services right? Come on, make us pay for it! See what happens.

> make us pay for it! See what happens

I pay for YouTube and Nebula.

Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

#129

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:52 PM UTC

magicalhippo wrote: post #2

I get they want to work against ad blockers, but as a Premium member I really wish there was an easy way to watch a video without it polluting my history or recommendations. I don't want to watch ads just due to that.

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Re: YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

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Post by nick_ » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 11:52 PM UTC

magicalhippo wrote: post #2

I get they want to work against ad blockers, but as a Premium member I really wish there was an easy way to watch a video without it polluting my history or recommendations. I don't want to watch ads just due to that.

YES. I've been wanting this for years. I want a switch that signals to the analytic/algorithm system that I am consuming this content either...

A) sincerely, trustfully, optimistically, etc.

...or...

B) critically, skeptically, experimentally, observationally, etc.