So far haven't noticed any issues on FreeTube.
YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers
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#162From the article: >“YouTube’s ad-supported model supports a diverse ecosystem of creators, and provides billions of people globally access to content for free with ads,” the company’s statement says. Let's at least be 100% honest with everyone and stop with the disingenuous garbage: 1. Ad-blocker usage is roughly 25-30% of US users. 2. The average YouTube content creator makes less than 0.02 per ad view and thus why…
You touch on what is effectively the biggest problem I see with ads: how aggressive they are.
Interrupting my watching experience so you can show me 15 seconds of some chips bouncing around on the screen only serves to frustrate me and cause me to despise whatever you're selling. It's reminiscent of the "butt in chair" managerial mindset, and does not convey a solid understanding of how an intelligent person makes purchase decisions or meaningfully interacts with whatever you're peddling.
The most effective advertisements are the ones you don't even realize are advertisements. If you've ever searched reddit for product recommendations, you've likely read covert marketing campaigns disguised as casual suggestions. I'm not saying those are better, they're actually just as bad if not worse, because they are fundamentally dishonest.
In my opinion, a tolerable ad is one that does not aggravate me. Non aggressive, non intrusive, quick, to the point, and at least somewhat relevant without having to spy on me. Showing me ads for travel or hotel bookings during a video about videogames or hobby model making isn't useful to me (or anybody I presume).
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#163I mean they want you to subscribe to YouTube premium. At least they’re being honest about this and give you the option. I have a few issues with google but this isn’t one (After being forced to spend many hours upgrading to google analytics rev 4….) It’s expensive, but I’ve done it, but it also includes YouTube music which I like.
You can pay a overly expensive fee, but you still won't have an ad free experience, since in-video ads aren't removed. ReVanced is the only option I know so far.
SponserBlock will block in-video ads. Also if you use Safari, the Vinegar plug-in replaces the video player with a native one which blocks all ads, allows Picture in Picture, background play, huge improvements overall
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#164YouTube needs a history-less mode. I want to watch random videos without them impacting my recommendations. I have Premium, but I'll use ad blocker in a private browsing session specifically for this.
I go to History afterwards and delete specific videos from there with “x”. That still works.
But even self-curated history and other tips I’ve got here still produce an echo chamber. Even “New to you” tab which appears once a month for few minutes becomes too narrow. I gave up recently and removed youtube from my bookmarks bar, to suffer less often. I find the idea of paying for it pretty… strange?
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#165Anyone know, if there is an adblocker with a "hide" mode instead of a "block" mode?
I mean, instead of blocking the connection fetch the ad, but hide it visually? I would be fine with a YouTube ad blocker, that allows ads to play, but just mutes and `display:none`'s the video player element.
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#167I mean they want you to subscribe to YouTube premium. At least they’re being honest about this and give you the option. I have a few issues with google but this isn’t one (After being forced to spend many hours upgrading to google analytics rev 4….) It’s expensive, but I’ve done it, but it also includes YouTube music which I like.
At least over here in Finland you can get premium light which is just 6.99e per month, and does not include youtube music. Which was the thing that finally made me upgrade, as I already have a preferred music streaming service, I refused the premium bundle out of principle for a long time. As a principle, I think each product and service should stand by itself and bundling things up just makes the experience worse fo…
Exactly, I would buy YouTube Premium if they have a cheaper option without music here in the US
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#168YouTube with ADs is virtually unusable in my opinion.
It's bad enough the spam of shorts I struggle to block. And now I'm getting alerts for shorts.
It's long overdue for a decent alternative to YouTube.
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#169Anyone know, if there is an adblocker with a "hide" mode instead of a "block" mode? I mean, instead of blocking the connection fetch the ad, but hide it visually? I would be fine with a YouTube ad blocker, that allows ads to play, but just mutes and `display:none`'s the video player element.
There is one but I can't recall the name...
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#170If they break uBO and yt-dlp, it might actually kill the platform.
Money from advertisers doesn’t decrease long-term without uBO/yt-dlp users (since they don’t watch ads and pay for them). So less operating costs for Youtube, and more money for creators (in theory, if YT doesn’t keep the costs savings). That should help the platform, not kill it.
It's not about that. It's the network effect and motivating making alternatives viable. Other sites might get good as a result of the exodus.