YouTube is going to stop you from using ad blockers

Post by whateveracct » Tue, May 16, 2023, 3:48 AM UTC

Postosuchus wrote: post #17

whateveracct wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Worst case, yt-dlp will "pretend to watch the ad." Slower, sure. But I will happily decouple the downloading from the watching to avoid ads.

TIL. Thank you!

Post by superchroma » Tue, May 16, 2023, 6:56 AM UTC

pb7 wrote: post #12

superchroma wrote: post #7

There is nothing on youtube I need, and I am prepared to walk away from it if I'm made to watch ads. At no point did I ever like the content enough to watch ads, particularly multiple jammed in at inopportune times. They will never get a cent from me, and there is nothing they can do to change that. I like music. I mainly use it for music on my phone at the moment. Spotify is a better business case if I'm going to ha…

You don't have to watch ads. You can pay for premium instead, which also gives you a Spotify equivalent.

Post by freediverx » Tue, May 16, 2023, 1:41 PM UTC

pb7 wrote: post #12

superchroma wrote: post #7

There is nothing on youtube I need, and I am prepared to walk away from it if I'm made to watch ads. At no point did I ever like the content enough to watch ads, particularly multiple jammed in at inopportune times. They will never get a cent from me, and there is nothing they can do to change that. I like music. I mainly use it for music on my phone at the moment. Spotify is a better business case if I'm going to ha…

You don't have to watch ads. You can pay for premium instead, which also gives you a Spotify equivalent.